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Will zfsutils-linux 2.1.5 be added to 22.04?

Asked by Logan Keating

zfsutils-linux 2.1.4 has a bug which prevents running MySQL in containers in certain instances. See:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/mysql-installation-in-lxc-container-failed.107709/page-3

Fix has been proposed, and is currently live in zfsutils-linux 2.1.5:
https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2022-May/052998.html

Full disclaimer, I'm a scientist working on a PhD, so I'm not particularly familiar with the development cycle of Ubuntu. I tried to do some digging to figure out if there was an answer already out there about this, but I came up empty-handed. Part of my dissertation project involves setting up a containerized MySQL database (elabFTW) among other things, and if zfsutils-linux isn't going to be upgraded to 2.1.5 soon then I'll need to find another solution.

To be very clear, I don't want it to sound like I'm complaining. I'm very grateful for the work being done. I just want to know if there's a time estimate, or if I'm completely off the mark about updates to LTS releases.

Thanks!

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #3037: “no rolling release”.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

You can try the official way with requesting an update via bug report (see the FAQ linked above).

zfs-linux version 2.1.5 has already been packaged for Ubuntu kinetic.
It may be possible to install it manually on a jammy system.

There maybe PPAs, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=zfs-linux for a potential list of candidates.

You can try building the new version locally on your own system, based on the source for Ubuntu kinetic.

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Logan Keating (besselfunct) said : 		#3

Thanks for the info!

I wasn't sure what the process was, or what constitutes a severe enough bug to trigger a package upgrade.

I'll try the PPAs, and if that fails, I *might* attempt building from source.

Your help is greatly appreciated!