[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#863850: Bug#863850: systemd service file does not stop systemd-based containers

[Evgeni Golov]

Ohai,

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 07:10:01PM -0400, JD Friedrikson wrote:
> Debian's packaged version of LXC currently is not able to stop systemd-based containers as they have not responded to SIGPWR as of https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/8eb62c245e9b67b451ba0766f3ecd7c6f2081d73 .
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> The appropriate way to stop systemd via a signal is to use SIGRTMIN+3 (or, I think, SIGRTMIN+4). The lxc-stop binary automatically determines whether the container will respond to this signal and handles it appropriately. Therefore, we should use that binary with ExecStop instead of using a signal (in the service file).

You are absolutelly right! Thanks for catching this.

> This has already been fixed upstream:
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> https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/c08d29b6d134fbb94d2cff0454ce27eb66930c4d

And thanks for fixing it upstream!

> It would be cool if we could package this fix before the release. Here's a patch:

I fear it's too late for Stretch 9.0, but I'll see to include that into
9.1.