Buildd images do not launch on macOS under multipass due to missing unpacked kernels and initrd
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Groovy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Hirsute |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
livecd-rootfs v2.700 in hirsute introduced a fix to produce unpacked artifacts for use by multipass on macOS hosts. These hosts require direct access to a kernel and initrd to boot the buildd images.
See: https:/
This change needs to be backported to all suites.
[Impact]
* Without this change, users are unable to use the buildd images with multipass on macOS hosts. Snapcraft utilizes multipass to build snaps, so this blocks macOS users from building snaps.
As a workaround, the CPC team is manually extracting these artifacts and publishing them to cloud-images.
[Test Case]
* After this change lands, a user should be able to build images with the ubuntu-base project and buildd subproject, and the resulting build should produce extracted kernel and initrd artifacts.
[Where problems could occur]
* These changes are minor, but a mistake could result in broken buildd image hooks (where the build fails) or broken buildd image artifacts (where the images don't work as expected).
* Since all buildd images are manually tested by the launchpad team, multipass team, and snapcraft team before they enter production, the risk of introducing breakage for end users is low.
Related branches
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 35 lines (+14/-2)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
live-build/buildd/hooks/52-linux-virtual-image.binary (+5/-2)
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 35 lines (+14/-2)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
live-build/buildd/hooks/52-linux-virtual-image.binary (+5/-2)
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
-
Diff: 35 lines (+14/-2)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
live-build/buildd/hooks/52-linux-virtual-image.binary (+5/-2)
- Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
-
Diff: 35 lines (+14/-2)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
live-build/buildd/hooks/52-linux-virtual-image.binary (+5/-2)
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Groovy): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Hello David, or anyone else affected,
Accepted livecd-rootfs into groovy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ livecd- rootfs/ 2.694.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification- needed- groovy to verification- done-groovy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed- groovy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance for helping!
N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.