Need to stop using bzip2 compression in packages for zesty onward
Bug #1686782 reported by
Seth Forshee
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Seth Forshee | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
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High
|
Kleber Sacilotto de Souza | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Seth Forshee |
Bug Description
In artful bzip2 is no longer allowed. The defaults for dpkg-deb are xz level 6, which in my testing seems to be roughly the same speed as what we're using now (ppa build time differences were within the noise). This only actually applies to the main and extras packages anyway.
CVE References
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Seth Forshee (sforshee) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
summary: |
- Need to stop using bip2 compression in packages for zesty onward + Need to stop using bzip2 compression in packages for zesty onward |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | Seth Forshee (sforshee) → Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza) |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
tags: |
added: verification-done-zesty removed: verification-needed-zesty |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification- needed- zesty' to 'verification- done-zesty' . If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification- needed- zesty' to 'verification- failed- zesty'.
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.
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