[Debian-ha-maintainers] Bug#1098675: dlm: autopkgtests fail with util-linux 2.41

[Ferenc Wágner]

Valentin Vidic <vvidic at debian.org> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 01:13:14PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
>
>> It appears the test is flaky, a retry passed:
>> 
>> https://ci.debian.net/packages/d/dlm/unstable/amd64/58083508/
>> 
>> Please investigate and/or mark the test as flaky.
>
> I cannot reproduce the problem locally unfortunately. The only
> strage thing I see in the logs is failing to start the service
> after installation:
>
> 191s Setting up dlm-controld (4.3.0-1+b1) ...
> 192s Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/dlm.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/system/dlm.service'.
> 202s Could not execute systemctl:  at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 148.
>
> Since the test expects the service to be running, that would
> explain the test failure. But it is not clear why the service
> failed to start in the first place.

Is the VM running the test managed by systemd?
What is its kernel version?  Current DLM Git tip says:

    This patch should work with the updated kernel dlm module, because
    the code changes need to be aligned with the DLM_MAX_ADDR_COUNT value.

But that patch is not in Debian yet.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.