#1129622 swupdate-client fails with swupdate_async_start returns -1 on Debian Trixie stable

Package:
swupdate
Source:
swupdate
Description:
Software update framework for embedded systems
Submitter:
Prusty, Badrikesh
Date:
2026-03-06 08:13:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1129622#5
Date:
2026-03-04 03:18:43 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

When applying an update image using swupdate-client with the following command:
```
swupdate-client -v <update-image.swu>
```

the update fails with the error:
```
swupdate_async_start returns -1
```

This issue has already been fixed in Debian testing and unstable by setting the runtime directory at compile time: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/swupdate/-/commit/c02ed6380b35933cae5d257e013f37bc676b7666

However, the fix does not appear to be included in Debian Trixie stable (2024.12.1+dfsg-3+deb13u1).

Would it be possible to backport this fix to Trixie stable?


Thanks & Regards,
Badrikesh
#1129622#10
Date:
2026-03-06 08:11:51 UTC
From:
To:
It is documented in /usr/share/doc/swupdate/README.Debian how to deal
with this, so this is certainly not an important bug.

This also changes behaviour.