Comment 8 for bug 1352038

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Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg) wrote :

There were two issues involved here, because both were part of the same function in the LTSP code:
1) Copy the /boot partition into image. This was working with aufs (=Debian), but not with overlay (=newer Ubuntu) and overlayfs (older Ubuntu).
2) Support for the new upstream overlay file system (=newer Ubuntu and Debian) which replaced the older overlayfs one (=older Ubuntu).

In revision 2648 I fixed (2), but I only managed to push a lame workaround for (1).
In revision 2651, vagrantc properly fixed (1) for aufs and overlay, but he didn't notice the other fixes I did and he reverted them, so the lame workaround for overlayfs was removed, and support for (2) was also reverted.

Now, in revision 2661, I think I've properly solved both issues.

David, you should request an SRU for this fix, i.e. the ltsp-update-image script should be backported as is to at least Ubuntu 14.04, if not to all supported Ubuntu versions.
Links for how to request this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification
When it's done, you'll receive the fixed version normally as a software update.