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Bug#963964: marked as done (release-notes: document aufs removal for bullseye)

Your message dated Tue, 25 May 2021 21:02:08 +0200
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has caused the Debian Bug report #963964,
regarding release-notes: document aufs removal for bullseye
to be marked as done.

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x-debbugs-cc: Timo Weingärtner <timo.weingaertner@itscope.de>, Jan Luca Naumann <j.naumann@fu-berlin.de>, 963191@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

in #963191 on Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 10:06:33AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 09:32:09AM +0200, Timo Weingärtner wrote:
> > 20.06.20 13:26 Bastian Blank:
> > > Since the kernel supports overlayfs since some time now, what blocks
> > > it's removal?
> > There are Debian installations on filesystems that are incompatible with 
> > overlayfs, for example xfs without d_type.
> > I ran into this while trying to get rid of aufs.
> So we need to document this problem in the release notes.  That's an
> easy task.

filing a bug to make it a bit easier. 


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Hi Holger,

On 25-05-2021 09:58, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Paul Gevers wrote:
>>  	  </listitem>
>> +	  <listitem>
>> +	    <para>
>> +	      The <systemitem role="package">aufs-dkms</systemitem>
>> +	      package is not part of bullseye. Most <systemitem
>> +	      role="package">aufs-dkms</systemitem> users should be
>> +	      able to switch to kernel supported
>> +	      <literal>overlayfs</literal> to get similar
> 
> I think at least "kernel supported overlayfs" should have a hyphen,
> possibly a definite article ("to the kernel-supported overlayfs").
> Or here's an alternative phrasing:
> 
>               able to switch to <literal>overlayfs</literal>, which
>               provides similar functionality with kernel support.
> 
>> +	      functionality. However, it's possible to have a Debian
>> +	      installation on a filesystem that is not compatible with
>> +	      <literal>overlayfs</literal>,
>> +	      e.g. <literal>xfs</literal> without
>> +	      <literal>d_type</literal>. Users of <systemitem
>> +	      role="package">aufs-dkms</systemitem> are advised to
>> +	      migrate away from <systemitem
>> +	      role="package">aufs-dkms</systemitem> before upgrading
>> +	      to bullseye.
>> +	    </para>
>> +	  </listitem>

This has been pushed.

Paul

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