Re: systemd/50-nfs.conf and interoperability issue with intramfs-tools not including sunrpc into initrd

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Neil,

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 09:05:57AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2022, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Hi Neil, hi Steve,
> > 
> > In Debian for the update including the systemd/50-nfs.conf there was a
> > report that sunrpc is not included anymore in the initrd through the
> > initramfs-tools hooks. 
> > 
> > The report is at https://bugs.debian.org/1022172
> > 
> > As we would not start to diverge again from nfs-utils upstream and
> > keep in sync with upstream as much as possible I would like to retain
> > whatever is from nfs-utils upstream downstream as well.
> > 
> > Marco d'Intri suggested there three possible solutions, of which one
> > could be done in nfs-utils (whereas the other two are either in kmod
> > upstream or initramfs-tools upstream). The nfs-utils one would be to
> > replace the modprobe configuration with a set of udev rules instead.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> I don't object to nfs-utils being changed to install an appropriate udev
> rules file instead of the modprobe.d file.  Would you be willing to
> develop, test, and post a patch?

Thank you for this positive answer! Yes, I have asked affected persons
if they can help contribute to this and submit it upstream.

The specfic bug in Debian for nfs-utils in Debian is now
https://bugs.debian.org/1024082

Regards,
Salvatore