Bug#756900: #756900: nfs-utils: NFS 1.3 fixes NFS systemd integration
I recently upgraded my NFSv3 clients from wheezy to jessie, and they just DID NOT WORK.
The NFS sysvinit init scripts had dependency cycles & race conditions when used under systemd.
I ended up writing my own systemd units for the parts I needed (foo.mount, statd, & rpcbind),
and disabling the rest.
While working on that, I discovered that upstream has already solved this problem.
nfs-utils 1.3.x includes native systemd integration.
This week I went to upgrade my NFSv3 server to stretch (from pre-systemd).
I was disappointed to discover that Debian STILL doesn't have nfs-utils 1.3.x.
I guess I'll have to write my own systemd units again! :-/
If upgrading nfs-utils right now will cause problems, I totally get that.
Keeping things working is a lot harder for all of Debian than for just me.
But can someone please at least reply and say what the blockers ARE?
This ticket has been open for nearly TWO YEARS, with no reply.
This makes it hard for me to manage $boss's expectations.
PS: some of my jessie issues were in rpcbind, not nfs-utils.
#806336 looks particularly relevant; which also appears to be ignored.
PPS: maybe this issue HAS been discussed, just somewhere else.
Due to the maintainer archive link on https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nfs-utils,
I checked https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/, but I found nothing.
I also found nothing in "wnpp-check nfs-utils".
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