Debian Bug report logs - #843985
zfsutils-linux: Missing features compared to ZoL packages

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martijn Grendelman <martijn.grendelman@isaac.nl>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: zfsutils-linux: Missing features compared to ZoL packages

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:02:09 +0100

Package: zfsutils-linux
Version: 0.6.5.8-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

Today I noticed that the 'zfs receive' command provided by this package
does not support either -x or -o options, which used to be available in
the zfs tool from the zfsutils package provided by the ZoL project.

These options are not supported in upsteam master branch either (see
[1]), but I found that the ZoL packages contained a set of patches that
are not currently applied to the packages provided by Debian.

I understand that Debian has no obligation to maintain compatibility
with packages from an unrelated source, but since the ZoL project does
not provide debs anymore, this seems like a common upgrade path, and the
lack of certain features could be considered a regression.

Would it be possible to review the patches that used to be applied to
the ZoL packages and port the applicable ones to Debian? The complete
list can be found in [2]. The specific patch adding support for -x, -o
and -l options for 'zfs receive' is [3].

[1] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/1350
[2] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/tree/master/debian/sid/debian/patches
[3] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/blob/master/debian/sid/debian/patches/PR1867.patch

Best regards,
Martijn Grendelman


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Message #10 received at 843985@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>

To: "843985-submitter@bugs.debian.org" <843985-submitter@bugs.debian.org>, "843985@bugs.debian.org" <843985@bugs.debian.org>

Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:13:28 +0000

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Hi,

We don't want to include patches that are not at least acked by upstream
(either included in git or promised to be included), thus we can't
integrate the patch. But I did some search and see this commit in upstream
ZoL repository:
https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/80617ec9b86061b5be1736913e888f6cf313af0a

It's a bit weird that the commit is not included in any of the branches
currently available in ZoL repository, would be really nice if you could
give it a poke on upstream to see what's happening. As for the Illumos part
I don't see activity about the issue for two years.

Regards,
Aron

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Message #18 received at 843985@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Antonio Russo <antonio.e.russo@gmail.com>

To: 843985@bugs.debian.org

Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 21:37:19 -0500

Control: fixed -1 zfs-linux/0.7.3-1


I think support for this was added. The manual page lists
the -o and -x options under zfs receive (though I have not
tested it).

Please reopen this bug if the package still lacks this
functionality.

Message #25 received at 843985-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aron Xu <happyaron.xu@gmail.com>

To: 843985-close@bugs.debian.org

Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 19:52:45 +0800

The said feature is available in stretch-backports now, closing this
report for housekeeping.

Cheers,
Aron

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