** Description changed:
- Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually
- configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:
+ [Impact]
+ Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically
switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade.
- sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-
+ This will break all configured networking within openvswitch.
+
+ [Test Case]
+ sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk
+ sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch
+ sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+
+ [Original Bug Report]
+ Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually
configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:
+
+ sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-
switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto':
Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to
provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode
-
- The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any
manual setting done of the binaries.
+ The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which
+ purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
** Also affects: cloud-archive
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: cloud-archive/train
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: cloud-archive/queens
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: cloud-archive/stein
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: cloud-archive
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: cloud-archive/queens
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: cloud-archive/stein
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: cloud-archive/train
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => James Page (james-page)
** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Description changed:
[Impact]
Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically
switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade.
This will break all configured networking within openvswitch.
[Test Case]
sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk
- sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch
+ sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd
/usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk
[Regression Potential]
[Original Bug Report]
Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually
configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:
sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-
switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto':
Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to
provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode
The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which
purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
** Description changed:
[Impact]
Package upgrades on installations using the dpdk binary will be automatically
switched back to the non-dpdk binary on upgrade.
This will break all configured networking within openvswitch.
[Test Case]
sudo apt install openvswitch-switch-dpdk
sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd
/usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
+ sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd
+ Name: ovs-vswitchd
+ Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd
+ Status: manual
+ Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd
+ Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
+
+ Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
+ Priority: 50
+
+ Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd
+ Priority: 100
+
sudo apt install --reinstall openvswitch-switch-dpdk
+ sudo update-alternatives --query ovs-vswitchd
+ Name: ovs-vswitchd
+ Link: /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd
+ Status: auto
+ Best: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd
+ Value: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd
+
+ Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
+ Priority: 50
+
+ Alternative: /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd
+ Priority: 100
+
[Regression Potential]
[Original Bug Report]
Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been manually
configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:
sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-
switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto':
Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to
provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode
The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which
purges any manual setting done of the binaries.
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