Comment 0 for bug 1937303

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Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos (nmavrogiannopoulos) wrote :

In ubuntu 18.04 with FIPS (via fips or fips-updates stream), ubuntu-support-status marks the FIPS packages as unsupported. As these packages are used by customers that require support, this message is confusing for existing as well as prospectives that test our product.

```
$ sudo ua status
...
fips yes n/a NIST-certified core packages
fips-updates yes enabled NIST-certified core packages with priority security updates
```

```
$ sudo ubuntu-support-status
[sudo] password for nmav:
Support status summary of 'ubuntu1804':

You have 1604 packages (97.8%) supported until dubna 2023 (Canonical - 5y)

You have 5 packages (0.3%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 31 packages (1.9%) that are unsupported

Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until dubna 2023.

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
```

The following command shows the FIPS-installed packages as unsupported:

```
$ sudo ubuntu-support-status --show-unsupported
Support status summary of 'ubuntu1804':

You have 1604 packages (97.8%) supported until dubna 2023 (Canonical - 5y)

You have 5 packages (0.3%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 31 packages (1.9%) that are unsupported

Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until dubna 2023.

No longer downloadable:
krb5-locales libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0

Unsupported:
fips-initramfs geany geany-common gnutls-bin gstreamer1.0-gtk3 joe
kcapi-tools libbrotli1 libgcrypt20 libgcrypt20-dev libgcrypt20-hmac
libkcapi-dev libkcapi1 libopts25 libssl-dev libssl1.1 libssl1.1-hmac
libwoff1 linux-fips linux-fips-headers-4.15.0-1060
linux-headers-4.15.0-1060-fips linux-headers-fips
linux-image-4.15.0-1060-fips linux-image-fips
linux-image-hmac-4.15.0-1060-fips linux-modules-4.15.0-1060-fips
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-1060-fips openssh-client
openssh-client-hmac openssl ubuntu-fips
```