[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS 1.8.7 available

[Martin Flemming]

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Hi !

I've got an error while upgrading to 1.8.5 on Debian buster

root@deb10vm:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# cat /etc/debian_version
10.7


cat debian-testing.list

###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free



root@deb10vm:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt upgrade openafs-client
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  openafs-client : Depends: libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages


What's going on respectively what should i do for an smoothly upgrade to 1.8.5 ?


thanks & cheers,

 	martin




On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> We have a version called 1.8.6-5 in Debian that contains the same fixes in
> 1.8.7.  The reason the version is different is because I uploaded the
> debian version before the official 1.8.7 tarball/release was available, in
> order to get the fixes out faster.
>
> -Ben
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 02:34:57PM -0600, Ken Aaker wrote:
>> From main ignorance, I stumbled about for a week or so. But, I've
>> finally got my cell running again. I managed that by finding and
>> installing the 1.8.7 rpm build off the OpenSuSE build servers, and
>> fumbling my way through the re-keying process.  Now, I've got 4 Debian
>> 10 (buster) VMs that need the same update, and I can't find it?  Any
>> leads? The latest version I have been able to find at Debian is 1.8.6.5?
>> 2 of the VMs are "Fileservers" and 2 are build systems.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ken Aaker
>>
>> On 1/14/21 5:40 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>>> The OpenAFS Guardians are happy to announce the availability of OpenAFS 1.8.7.
>>> Source files can be accessed via the web at:
>>>
>>>        https://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.8.7.html
>>>
>>> or via AFS at:
>>>
>>>        UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.8.7/
>>>        UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.8.7\
>>>
>>> This release fixes a critical issue with the generation of Rx connection IDs
>>> (CIDs) for Rx clients started after 14 Jan 2021 08:25:36 AM UTC (Unix epoch
>>> time 0x60000000).  Unpatched systems will always use the fixed value of
>>> 0x80000002 as the CID, which causes connections to fail for multiple reasons.
>>> Client commands such as `vos examine` will time out if run after that
>>> time, cache managers started after that time will be unable to access files,
>>> fileservers started after that time will be unable to access the Ubik databases,
>>> and database servers started after that time will be unable to participate
>>> in a quorum or Ubik elections.  In particular, fileservers that restart,
>>> including due to a scheduled weekly restart, will not be able to register
>>> with the volume location service or verify group membership with the
>>> protection service.
>>>
>>> The fix causes the initial CID to be randomly generated (without dependence
>>> on the current time) and removes the faulty logic intended to detect signed
>>> integer overflow (which is not needed since the field in question is now
>>> an unsigned integer).
>>>
>>> Thanks to Jeffrey Altman of Auristor Inc. for tracking down the key issue.
>>>
>>> Bug reports should be filed to openafs-bugs@openafs.org.
>>>
>>> Benjamin Kaduk
>>> for the OpenAFS Guardians
>>>
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