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

[Chris Hofstaedtler]

* Ferenc Wágner <wferi at debian.org> [250225 14:11]:
> 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?

I don't know, but I'll gladly CC: debian-ci at lists.debian.org.

I'll note that relying on a specific init is discouraged by the
autopkgtest docs. The same might be true for the kernel version, but
thats also something for debian-ci at .

> 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.

Chris