Package: mdadm
Version: 1.9.0-4
Severity: wishlist
Upstream has a newer version of mdadm available
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/ChangeLog
In particular, I want to use the write-mostly and
write-behind feature in conjunction with nbd to do
replication. That;s only available in versions 2.0
and later.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-1-em64t-p4-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages mdadm depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii makedev 2.3.1-77 creates device files in /dev
-- debconf information:
* mdadm/autostart: true
* mdadm/mail_to: root
* mdadm/warning:
* mdadm/start_daemon: true
Source: mdadm
Source-Version: 2.4.1-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mdadm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
mdadm-udeb_2.4.1-2_i386.udeb
to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm-udeb_2.4.1-2_i386.udeb
mdadm_2.4.1-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.4.1-2.diff.gz
mdadm_2.4.1-2.dsc
to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.4.1-2.dsc
mdadm_2.4.1-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_2.4.1-2_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
martin f. krafft <[email protected]> (supplier of updated mdadm package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 23:07:48 +0200
Source: mdadm
Binary: mdadm mdadm-udeb
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.4.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian/Ubuntu mdadm maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: martin f. krafft <[email protected]>
Description:
mdadm - tool to administer Linux MD device arrays (software RAID)
mdadm-udeb - tool to administer Linux MD device arrays (software RAID) (udeb)
Closes: 271033299623310247318230321751323950323988333486337903344714345667345669352798356153360290361116363592
Changes:
mdadm (2.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* The "this took way longer than I thought" release.
* Migrating to unstable.
* If the init.d script creates the mdadm.conf file, it should remove it on
purge. To accomplish this, I create a semaphore in /var/lib/mdadm if it
was generated, and only remove the conffile on purge if the semaphore
exists.
* Added a little helper /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf to aid generation of
configuration file.
* Added a bug script to collect some important information when the user
uses Debian bug reporting tools (such as reportbug).
* Added a debian/watch file.
.
mdadm (2.4.1-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* The "I'll kill that maintainer... uh, wait, it's me" release. Sorry for
the delay, here's the long awaited new upstream release,
which closes: Bug#318230, Bug#321751, Bug#337903, Bug#352798, Bug#363592,
Bug#356153, Bug#271033
Oh, and we're moving away from that arch nightmare too. Sorry for the
confusion.
* Experimental release, because I really don't want to be responsible for
data loss. Though I am quite sure that the upgrade is painless, I also
don't have access to 18 drive RAID 10 with multipath on s390 or similar
arrangements.
* We now make the /dev/md* devices in postinst unless /dev/md15 exists (no
longer checking for /dev/md0), or unless devfs is in use. If udev is used,
/dev/md15 will only exist in complex setups, so the devices will be made
in /dev/.static by MAKEDEV, which is not really a concern. I opted against
unconditionally calling MAKEDEV until #367407 is fixed so as to preserve
custom permissions or owner settings. This also acknowledges the NMU
(#299623).
closes: Bug#310247, Bug#299623
* Patched some of the code to make mdadm honour /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf over
/etc/mdadm.conf (see NEWS).
* Fixed a couple of typos in the mdadm(8) manpage; thanks to Reuben Thomas.
closes: Bug#345669, Bug#345667
* Pushed Standards-Version to 3.7.2; no changes required.
* Updated Debconf translations:
- Vietnamese by Clytie Siddall (closes: Bug#323950)
- Czech by Miroslav Kure (closes: Bug#360290)
- Russian by Yuri Kozlov (closes: Bug#361116)
- French by Eric Madesclair (closes: Bug#323988)
* Added new Debconf translations:
- Swedish by Daniel Nylander (closes: Bug#333486)
- Dutch by Frans Pop (closes: Bug#344714)
Files:
903361e3e085c58ee8b47f25412a52ca 719 admin optional mdadm_2.4.1-2.dsc
62f7d6779cf7f4b3b85915999e0d0e1a 41979 admin optional mdadm_2.4.1-2.diff.gz
c11656ab6878c901f21ad5a0de43e6c6 148264 admin optional mdadm_2.4.1-2_i386.deb
3618c53f064f245931a77c2619a1698d 70378 debian-installer optional mdadm-udeb_2.4.1-2_i386.udeb
Package-Type: udeb
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Version: 2.5.2-7
I believe this mdadm bug has been solved in the 2.5.2-7 upload
I just made to unstable. If it persists, please reopen the bug and
give details.
Since I forgot to create proper changes file for the upload,
I include the appropriate changelog entries below:
mdadm (2.5.2-7) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Release to unstable.
.
mdadm (2.5.2-6) experimental; urgency=low
.
* Adding mdrun to generated udeb. I will only remove mdrun after etch.
* Updated debconf translations:
- Dutch, thanks to Frans "Franzerl" Pop! (closes: #377412)
- French, thanks to Florentin Duneau! (closes: #377968)
.
mdadm (2.5.2-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
.
* Remove the check for the lvm prereq in the initramfs hook, as #369617 is
now fixed. Thus conflicts against initramfs-tools (<< 0.65).
* Updated debconf translations:
- German, thanks to Mario Joußen!
* Added short note about maintenance in SVN to README.Debian.
.
mdadm (2.5.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
.
* The "it takes two to swing" release.
* Now does not stop arrays on upgrade or remove. Thanks (and sorry) to
Christian Pernegger (and hopefully no others).
* Fixed small problem in debconf configuration script related to unbound
MAIL_TO variable. Thanks to Christian Pernegger.
.
mdadm (2.5.2-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
.
* The initramfs now gets all RAID modules installed. It's a lot safer to
have them all around, the size difference is negligible, and we still only
load the needed ones at boot time.
* Added /usr/share/mdadm/checkarray, which can be used to check arrays for
parity. Also added a debconf question to let the user choose whether
cron should run these checks (closes: #377071).
* Only shut down arrays automatically when they've been automatically
started (closes: #376009).
* Make sure the user has a chance to choose the autostart feature by
elevating the debconf priority to high (see #376009). The warning about
reuse of RAID components has also been elevated to debconf priority high.
* The MAIL_TO setting from /etc/default/mdadm has been removed. Instead, use
MAILADDR in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. See mdadm.conf(5). Your setting should
be automatically migrated.
* Now rewrites /etc/default/mdadm (but preserves settings) instead of trying
to patch it with changes.
* Added note to README.Debian to ensure users know that only the devices
listed in mdadm.conf will be autostarted (see #376009).
* Now includes latest md.txt from kernel documentation in
/usr/share/doc/mdadm/md.txt.gz.
* Added some more recipes to /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.recipes.gz.
* Updated debconf translations:
- Swedish, thanks to Daniel Nylander!
- Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to Felipe Augusto van de Wiel!
- Czech, thanks to Miroslav Kure!
- Russian, thanks to Yuri Kozlov (closes: #376181).
* Further updates to the debconf templates; I hope the translators aren't
going to kill me.
.
mdadm (2.5.2-2) experimental; urgency=low
.
* The "if it weren't for Munich's wheat beer, there'd be no" release.
* Removed -fno-strict-aliasing from compiler options, after upstream fixed
the bug that led to its use (see #369779, #356153). Thanks to Elimar
Riesebieter for pointing this out (closes: #375876).
* Moved detection of RAID devices from initramfs hook to debconf control
file, and added a (low-priority) debconf question as to which devices
should be started early in the boot sequence. For the cases where we
failed to auto-detect previously (e.g. root on LVM on RAID), it's paranoid
and suggests to start them all (closes: #375879). Thanks to Alec Berryman
for spotting this.
* Fixed a typo in README.experimental, which could lead to an unbootable
system with initramfs-tools 0.64 or before. Again, thanks to Alec for
spotting this.
* Extended bug script to include --examine output for all components (at
least if called by root, which hopefully should never happen. Err,
wait...)
* Disabled deprecation warning in mdrun until the transition is complete.
* Reworded the debconf templates due to a new question, and also for
readability.
.
mdadm (2.5.2-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release.
* Implemented checks in the initramfs hooks and scripts for compatibility
with initramfs-tools. Now we do not need a conflict anymore because
mdadm's hooks and scripts will simply do nothing while the ones provided
by initramfs-tools are still present.
* Not using /bin/bash for mdrun, which I thought we'd need for read timeout
support (for the deprecation warning). Since the -n and -t flags to the
read shell builtin are non-POSIX, I dropped them, they were merely
cosmetic anyway.
.
mdadm (2.5.1-2) experimental; urgency=low
.
* Updating dependency on initramfs-tools, which has not yet adopted to mdadm
taking over the hooks.
.
mdadm (2.5.1-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release:
- Really fixes return status of examine (closes: #367901).
- Fixes a memory leak in monitor mode (closes: #372618).
- Fixes compiler warnings and errors (closes: #373802, #356153, #369779).
- Fix byte swapping issues (closes: #369765).
- Now lists devices it stops (closes: #369850). This also leads to
beautification of the init.d script's stop action.
* Fixed RAID init script to not complain about missing logger command.
.
mdadm (2.5-4) experimental; urgency=low
.
* The "would you like fries with your parasite?" release.
* Now does not require RAID support from the kernel just for package
installation; that was silly of me, sorry (closes: Bug#370115).
* Added version to Replaces: initramfs-tools dependency.
* Further init.d script improvements.
* Recommends mail-transport-agent, or the monitor daemon won't be able to
send anything.
* Ignores failures from modprobe in postinst when RAID modules are not
available (closes: #370582).
.
mdadm (2.5-3) experimental; urgency=low
.
* Added /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.recipes with some common usage examples.
* Vastly improved the mdadm-raid init.d script output, and removed bashisms.
.
mdadm (2.5-2) experimental; urgency=low
.
* The "on her majesty's secret service" release.
* Enabled -DDEBIAN during build, which will take care of default permissions
on devices created by mdadm. Together with the CREATE configuration
directive in 2.5, this now certainly closes: Bug#310241.
* Added a patch (incorporating lib/mm/xlate.h from lvm2) to prevent direct
access to kernel headers from userspace (closes: Bug#369765).
* Disabled strict aliasing compiler checks until we find a better
implementation for linked lists in C (closes: Bug#369779, Bug#356153).
* Actually decreased the size of the udeb mdadm binary with -Os
-fomit-frame-pointer (as suggested by Joey Hess) (closes: Bug#314370)
* Added Replaces: initramfs-tools to communicate that we're not conflicting
but replacing instead (see Bug#367567)
* Updated conflict with initramfs-tools to (<< 0.63) per suggestion by the
maintainers.
.
mdadm (2.5-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* The "show me the way to the next whiskey bar" release.
* See /usr/share/doc/mdadm/README.experimental or
http://madduck.net/~madduck/scratch/README.experimental
* New upstream release:
- mails include /proc/mdstat output (closes: Bug#355882)
- allows specification of device permissions in config (closes: Bug#310241)
* /sbin/mdrun has been deprecated and replaced by calls to /sbin/mdadm;
a proper deprecation warning is in place (see NEWS).
* Moved initramfs hook and script into the package, and switched it to mdadm
(from mdadm. Thanks to Stephen Frost for his help (closes: Bug#354144).
This should make sure that the right minor numbers are chosen during boot
(mainly because mdadm takes care of it all) (closes: Bug#361408).
* Removing mdrun from the udeb (d-i patch submitted to debian-boot mailing
list)
* Upstream links against openssl for SHA1 support (homehost feature), which
is a problem. An internal SHA1 implementation is provided, however, so
I just link against that.
* Switched init.d scripts to use LSB-compliant output.
* Enhanced init.d script output.
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