Hi Jose, Sorry that I missed this when it first came in. A couple notes inline, if you still remember much about the original report...
On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 06:32:07PM +0100, Jose M Calhariz wrote: > Package: openafs-client > Version: 1.8.6-1~dsi10+1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I have made a "private backport" of openafs software from bullseye to > buster. So this means is the first time for me that I am upgrading > openafs client 1.8.x on live systems. Where in the past this worked To clarify: are you upgrading from 1.6.x to 1.8.x, or merely updating from one 1.8.x version to a newer 1.8.x version? > without problems for openafs 1.4 and 1.6, now the openafs client stops > working and I need to do a reboot. > > What I am requesting is that if possible to do a live upgrade of the > software and the client does not stop working even if it is necessary > to work with the old software until a reboot. What you are requesting is what is supposed to happen, so I'm unpleasantly surprised to hear that it is not happening. Once I hear back about the problematic scenario I can try to reproduce in a local VM. Thanks, Ben