Activity log for bug #1836713

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2019-07-16 09:04:43 James Page bug added bug
2019-07-16 10:17:36 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2019-07-16 10:17:38 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page bug task added openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic)
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page nominated for series Ubuntu Eoan
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page bug task added openvswitch (Ubuntu Eoan)
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page nominated for series Ubuntu Disco
2019-07-16 10:17:46 James Page bug task added openvswitch (Ubuntu Disco)
2019-07-16 10:17:52 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Eoan): assignee James Page (james-page)
2019-07-16 10:17:53 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Disco): importance Undecided High
2019-07-16 10:17:55 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided High
2019-07-16 10:17:57 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Disco): status New Triaged
2019-07-16 10:17:59 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Triaged
2019-07-16 10:18:02 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Eoan): status Triaged In Progress
2019-09-07 20:25:11 Launchpad Janitor openvswitch (Ubuntu Eoan): status In Progress Fix Released
2020-07-02 19:31:01 Steve Langasek openvswitch (Ubuntu Disco): status Triaged Won't Fix
2021-01-14 18:55:05 James Troup bug added subscriber Canonical Field High
2021-01-18 12:12:39 James Page description Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using: sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries. [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
2021-01-18 12:14:47 James Page bug task added cloud-archive
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page nominated for series cloud-archive/train
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page bug task added cloud-archive/train
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page nominated for series cloud-archive/queens
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page bug task added cloud-archive/queens
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page nominated for series cloud-archive/stein
2021-01-18 12:15:05 James Page bug task added cloud-archive/stein
2021-01-18 12:15:15 James Page cloud-archive: status New Fix Released
2021-01-18 12:15:18 James Page cloud-archive/queens: status New Triaged
2021-01-18 12:15:19 James Page cloud-archive/stein: status New Triaged
2021-01-18 12:15:24 James Page cloud-archive/train: status New Triaged
2021-01-18 12:15:29 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): assignee James Page (james-page)
2021-01-18 12:15:31 James Page openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): status Triaged In Progress
2021-01-18 12:16:59 James Page description [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries. [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
2021-01-18 12:18:13 James Page description [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries. [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: manual Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: auto Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
2021-01-18 12:43:36 James Page cloud-archive/train: status Triaged Fix Released
2021-01-18 12:44:12 James Page bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-01-18 12:45:47 James Page description [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: manual Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: auto Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 [Regression Potential] [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries. [Impact] Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade. This will break all configured networking within openvswitch. [Test Case] sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: manual Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd Name: ovs-vswitchd Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd Status: auto Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk Priority: 50 Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd Priority: 100 [Regression Potential] Low - the fix was been in Ubuntu since Eoan and the maintainer script usage of update-alternatives was broken since the -dpdk binary was introducted. The main challenge is actually upgrading a -dpdk installation without disabling the -dpdk binary with the existing prerm script. To avoid this: sudo sed -i "/update-alternatives/d" /var/lib/dpkg/info/openvswitch-switch-dpdk.prerm before completing the package upgrade thus ensuring the -dpdk version of the binary never gets removed. [Original Bug Report] Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:   sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto': Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
2021-01-18 15:40:35 James Page cloud-archive/stein: status Triaged In Progress
2021-01-18 15:40:37 James Page cloud-archive/stein: assignee James Page (james-page)
2021-01-18 15:40:40 James Page cloud-archive/queens: status Triaged In Progress
2021-01-18 15:40:42 James Page cloud-archive/queens: assignee James Page (james-page)
2021-01-19 21:03:10 Brian Murray openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): status In Progress Fix Committed
2021-01-19 21:03:16 Brian Murray bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2021-01-19 21:03:20 Brian Murray tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
2021-01-21 22:28:06 Corey Bryant cloud-archive/stein: status In Progress Fix Committed
2021-01-21 22:28:08 Corey Bryant tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-stein-needed
2021-01-26 16:22:19 James Page cloud-archive/queens: status In Progress Fix Committed
2021-01-26 16:22:20 James Page tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-stein-needed verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-queens-needed verification-stein-needed
2021-01-27 08:32:01 Dominique Poulain bug added subscriber Dominique Poulain
2021-01-27 09:52:08 Ivan Hitos bug added subscriber Ivan Hitos
2021-02-05 03:09:16 Corey Bryant attachment added ovs-1836713-verification.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/+bug/1836713/+attachment/5460120/+files/ovs-1836713-verification.txt
2021-02-05 03:09:45 Corey Bryant tags verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-queens-needed verification-stein-needed verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-queens-done verification-stein-done
2021-02-10 15:13:49 Launchpad Janitor openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-02-10 15:13:49 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2020-35498
2021-02-10 20:03:21 Corey Bryant cve linked 2015-8011
2021-02-10 20:03:21 Corey Bryant cve linked 2020-27827
2021-02-10 20:03:26 Corey Bryant cloud-archive/stein: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-02-10 20:04:41 Corey Bryant cloud-archive/queens: status Fix Committed Fix Released