[SRU] PXE Boot contains wrong suggested link to ISO for live file system
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| casper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Dominik Viererbe | ||
| Jammy |
Fix Committed
|
Low
|
Dominik Viererbe | ||
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| Jammy |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
[ Impact ]
* What are the effects of the bug on users?
casper's intercative netmount fails to download the latest
Ubuntu LTS ISOs after the release of the first point release
(e.g. 22.04.1)
* What is the justification for backporting the fix to the
There are at least 2 bug reports about this problem
(LP: #1990621, #1948884) and this fix will improve the
user experience with a low probaility of side effects.
* How does the upload fix the bug?
- The patch adds a '-latest' to the download URLs (see more
details here: https:/
- Additionaly Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) created symlinks that
(as the name of the urls imply) always points to the latest
Ubuntu ISO for a given version.
[ Test Plan ]
* How to reproduce the bug?
- Just run the failling parts of the casper script on a
22.04.1 <= x < 22.10 machine:
# would normally be set by initramfs-tools
$ DPKG_ARCH=amd64
# sets UBUNTU_
$ source /etc/os-release
# see https:/
$ server_url=https:/
# see https:/
$ wget "${server_url}" -O /dev/null
# You should observe an ERROR 404: Not Found.
* Test that the new links work:
- Test Script: https:/
- New -latest URLs
- https:/
- https:/
- http://
- http://
- http://
* Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) tested that casper can handle
HTTP 301 redirects. (See https:/
[ Where problems could occur ]
* The Ubuntu Release Team could forget or the automation
could stop working to update the -latest links, but this
would, in the worst case, result in a not more worse
situation than the current bug.
[ Other Info ]
* Nick Rosbrook (enr0n) pointed out in comment #3 that the
script allows the user to provide their own url.
This should only be considered a temporary workaround as
a user has to be aware of this bug and has to aquire a
URL by themself. Copy & pasting URLs from the web is
potentialy error prone and unsafe.
* As far as I am aware, there was a discussion between
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100), Brian Murray (brian-murray) and
Steve Langasek (~vorlon) about the link namining. Neither
was particularly happy about the current solution, but no
better solution was found.
* Original Bug report:
When PXE booting without pulling in squashfs correctly the system tried to be helpful (:-) and grab an ISO. The 22.04.1 Jammy release contains a link to the old version which is not present anymore.
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Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
Attempt interactive netboot from a URL?
yes no (default yes):
Two methods available for IP configuration:
* static: for static IP configuration
* dhcp: for automatic IP configuration
static dhcp (default 'dhcp'):
vlan id (optional):
https:/
https:/
url:
http_proxy (optional):
[ 125.454385] igb 0000:00:14.0 eno1: igb: eno1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[ 125.566067] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
Begin: Trying netboot from 10.0.~.1: ... Begin: Trying to download and mount https:/
BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs) Connecting to releases.ubuntu.com (185.125.
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
done.
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
Related branches
- Łukasz Zemczak (community): Approve
- Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team: Pending requested
-
Diff: 35 lines (+10/-4)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+6/-0)
scripts/casper (+4/-4)
- Łukasz Zemczak (community): Approve
-
Diff: 35 lines (+10/-4)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+6/-0)
scripts/casper (+4/-4)
| Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote Missing required logs. | #1 |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| jeremyszu (os369510) wrote Re: PXE Boot contains wrong suggested link to ISO for live file system | #2 |
| tags: | added: foundations-todo |
| Nick Rosbrook (enr0n) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
| Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) |
| Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) wrote | #5 |
| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #6 |
| tags: | added: patch |
| Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) wrote | #7 |
| Dan Bungert (dbungert) wrote | #8 |
| Dominik Viererbe (dviererbe) wrote | #9 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #10 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- PXE Boot contains wrong suggested link to ISO for live file system + [SRU] PXE Boot contains wrong suggested link to ISO for live file system |
| description: | updated |
| Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote Please test proposed package | #11 |
| Changed in casper (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| tags: | added: verification-needed verification-needed-jammy |
| tags: | removed: foundations-todo |
| Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote | #12 |
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:
apport-collect 1990621
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