Ubuntu
iproute2 package

  1. Noble (24.04)
  2. Bug #2051672
  3. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 2051672

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Matthieu Baerts (matttbe) wrote : Re: [FFe] Merge iproute2 with the latest Debian version: 6.8.0-1 from testing/unstable (main)

> However, I don't see how we can argue that dropping FAN support is
> *not* a regression, even if the kernel we ship does not support it.

I understand.

I guess the situation is a bit particular here. If the official kernel doesn't support it -- something Ubuntu-specific, not upstreamed -- it means Ubuntu FAN cannot be used: there is no way to even validate that these patches work on Ubuntu 24.04. The regression would be more on the kernel side :)

>> and dropping these patches would stop the diversion with Debian?
>
> That's not a goal of our SRU process. We can always realign with
> Debian during the next devel cycle.

Good point. I just wanted to suggest that dropping these patches could be seen as a "safer approach" as it is closer to the upstream version, what is on Debian and other distributions.

> The package does seem to include this in its autopkgtests
> (debian/tests/testsuite.sh), so I think we have that coverage.

Oh, I missed that, thank you for having checked! Good news then!