[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#843985: zfsutils-linux: Missing features compared to ZoL packages

[Martijn Grendelman]

Package: zfsutils-linux
Version: 0.6.5.8-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

Today I noticed that the 'zfs receive' command provided by this package
does not support either -x or -o options, which used to be available in
the zfs tool from the zfsutils package provided by the ZoL project.

These options are not supported in upsteam master branch either (see
[1]), but I found that the ZoL packages contained a set of patches that
are not currently applied to the packages provided by Debian.

I understand that Debian has no obligation to maintain compatibility
with packages from an unrelated source, but since the ZoL project does
not provide debs anymore, this seems like a common upgrade path, and the
lack of certain features could be considered a regression.

Would it be possible to review the patches that used to be applied to
the ZoL packages and port the applicable ones to Debian? The complete
list can be found in [2]. The specific patch adding support for -x, -o
and -l options for 'zfs receive' is [3].

[1] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/1350
[2] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/tree/master/debian/sid/debian/patches
[3] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/blob/master/debian/sid/debian/patches/PR1867.patch

Best regards,
Martijn Grendelman


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