Bug#963191: RFH: aufs

[Jiri Palecek <jpalecek@web.de>]

    On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:14:17 +0200 Jan Luca Naumann

wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> At the moment aufs is nearly unmaintained since I do not have time due to personal issues. Therefore, I would be happy if there is somebody to co-maintain the package.
>
> Open issues are:
>
> - Update to current version
> - Add a version in backports
> - Support multiple kernel versions at the same time
>
> I try to take a look at this problems in the near future but I would be happy about help.

Hello

sorry about taking so long to reach out to you, but I've been using my own modified aufs package for some time now. I believe it supports all three of your requirements (eg. it creates package aufs-dkms-5.7 for a kernel version, so you can have more of them installed). You can check it out here: 

https://salsa.debian.org/jpalecek-guest/aufs-debian

To update to a newer version, do:

$ uscan

$ cd ../aufs-X.XX

$ touch debian/config.in

$ debian/rules files

You can also do "gbp import orig" if you like.

However, there's a more serious problem with aufs. The latest kernel omits the kernel patch needed to make the module, which means the resulting package is useless. See:

https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/908c469bc64738ac2f66667d0f21a5daee9648be#note_244404

What is your take on this? I was using aufs for schroot only, and maybe will try to use other ways.

Regards

  Jiri Palecek