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From: Julian Andres Klode &lt;jak@debian.org&gt;
To: Debian Bug Tracking System &lt;submit@bugs.debian.org&gt;
Subject: podman: Missing Breaks: containers-storage (&lt;&lt; 1.63)
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Package: podman
Version: 5.8.6+ds1-1
Severity: serious
X-Debbugs-Cc: jak@debian.org


podman 5.8.4 is fundamentally unusable with containers-storage 1.62:

# Downgrade containers-storage (if you have newer version)
# and try to run a container, it fails, using system storage
# paths rather than user ones.
root@poetic-anemone:~# apt install ./c.deb
Note, selecting 'containers-storage' instead of './c.deb'
DOWNGRADING:
  containers-storage

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Downgrading: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 0 B / 2,581 kB
  Freed space: 188 kB

Continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 /root/c.deb containers-storage amd64 1.62.0-3 [2,581 kB]
dpkg: warning: downgrading containers-storage (1.63.0-1) to (1.62.0-3)
(Reading database… 23737 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack /root/c.deb…
Unpacking containers-storage (1.62.0-3) over (1.63.0-1)…
Setting up containers-storage (1.62.0-3)…
Notice: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/c.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
root@poetic-anemone:~# su - jak
jak@poetic-anemone:~$ podman run --rm -it ubuntu:focal
Error: creating runtime static files directory &quot;/var/lib/containers/storage/libpod&quot;: mkdir /var/lib/containers: permission denied


# Let's upgrade it again, it works!

root@poetic-anemone:~# apt install containers-storage
Upgrading:
  containers-storage

Summary:
  Upgrading: 1, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
  Download size: 2,624 kB
  Space needed: 188 kB / 8,633 MB available

Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 containers-storage amd64 1.63.0-1 [2,624 kB]
Fetched 2,624 kB in 0s (11.4 MB/s)
(Reading database… 23738 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/containers-storage_1.63.0-1_amd64.deb…
Unpacking containers-storage (1.63.0-1) over (1.62.0-3)…
Setting up containers-storage (1.63.0-1)…
root@poetic-anemone:~# su - jak
jak@poetic-anemone:~$ podman run --rm -it ubuntu:focal
[... some unrelated warnings ... ]
root@51e81ffcb198:/# exit


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers stonking
  APT policy: (500, 'stonking'), (500, 'resolute-updates'), (500, 'resolute-security'), (500, 'resolute'), (99, 'stonking-proposed')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.1.0-5-generic (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages podman depends on:
ii  conmon                           2.1.13+ds1-2
ii  crun                             1.21-1ubuntu3
ii  golang-github-containers-common  0.67.1-2
ii  libc6                            2.43-2ubuntu2.3
ii  libgpgme45                       2.1.2-1
ii  libseccomp2                      2.6.1-1ubuntu1
ii  libsqlite3-0                     3.46.1-9ubuntu0.2
ii  libsubid5                        1:4.19.3-2ubuntu1
ii  netavark                         1.17.2-2
ii  systemd [systemd-tmpfiles]       259.5-0ubuntu3.4

Versions of packages podman recommends:
pn  buildah             &lt;none&gt;
ii  ca-certificates     20260601
ii  catatonit           0.2.1-2build1
ii  containers-storage  1.63.0-1
ii  criu                4.2-1ubuntu2
ii  dbus-user-session   1.16.2-5ubuntu2
ii  gvproxy             0.8.1-4
ii  libcriu2            4.2-1ubuntu2
ii  passt               0.0~git20260728.f8df3f1-1
ii  slirp4netns         1.3.3-1
ii  uidmap              1:4.19.3-2ubuntu1

Versions of packages podman suggests:
pn  containernetworking-plugins  &lt;none&gt;
pn  docker-compose               &lt;none&gt;
ii  iptables                     1.8.11-2ubuntu3

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