Populate .disk/info in ubuntu-image built images
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu CD Images |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Ubuntu Image |
Fix Released
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High
|
Łukasz Zemczak | ||
| livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
|
Medium
|
Łukasz Zemczak | ||
| Bionic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Łukasz Zemczak | ||
| ubuntu-image (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Bionic |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
[Impact]
Our installer-based images (those touched by debian-cd) get a .disk/info file written on the rootfs that contains useful information such as the build timestamp. We do not have anything like that available for our u-i images, while for preinstalled images sometimes it is very important to know from which batch of images the given one comes.
We have decided that this will be very useful to have for our 18.04.4 images.
[Test Case]
For ubuntu-image changes:
Build a classic bionic image with something like:
ubuntu-image classic -d -p ubuntu-cpc -O out/ -s bionic --cloud-init user-data --disk-info disk-info-file path/to/
Boot up the image on kvm, check if /.disk/info is populated.
For all the changes:
Build a new classic bionic image via cdimage (raspi3 for instance). Boot it up (or mount it) and confirm that /.disk/info has the corresponding datestamp serial number in it.
[Regression Potential]
Besides classic images failing to build on cdimage, I don't think there's any other scenario I can think of. Any regression would most likely cause a build failure.
[Other SRU Info]
I am submitting a bionic ubuntu-image SRU without releasing the same changes for focal as I was originally planning to release this feature as part of 1.9. The exact same changes are landed in master, and will be released with 1.9 when it's ready, so there's certainty that it will not be missed. I didn't feel like doing another intermediate release for focal is strictly required - but I can do so if someone requires it.
Related branches
- Dave Jones: Approve
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 42 lines (+15/-1)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+7/-0)
live-build/auto/config (+8/-1)
| Changed in ubuntu-image: | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| milestone: | none → 1.9 |
| assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
| tags: | added: id-5de55a9fab643c64680a854b |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in ubuntu-image: | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | High → Medium |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote Please test proposed package | #1 |
| Changed in ubuntu-image (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| tags: | added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Changed in ubuntu-image (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in ubuntu-image: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
| Changed in ubuntu-cdimage: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote | #3 |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #4 |
| tags: |
added: verification-done-bionic removed: verification-needed-bionic |
| Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote | #5 |
| Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote Update Released | #6 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #8 |
| Changed in ubuntu-image (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #9 |
| Changed in ubuntu-image (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
| Changed in ubuntu-image: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Hello Łukasz, or anyone else affected,
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