[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1010469: Bug#1010437: autopkgtest: autopkgtest-build-lxc fails to build working lxc environment

[Julian Gilbey]

[excluding 1010437 at bugs.d.o from reply list, as that's to do with
eatmydata]

On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 08:53:35AM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote:
> > [...]
> > And I'm on 1:4.0.11-1.  So perhaps there was a regression in this
> > regard?
> 
> No. I use this version and lxc just works for me. In fact everyone else
> who is on testing/unstable is also using it. lxc also just works on a
> clean VM. There is something wrong with your system that is causing
> this, but it's in no way a general problem.

Dear Antonio,

It seems that you are right: I tried booting into Debian Live,
upgrading to testing and running lxc; it ran without a problem.

So now I'm in a quandry: despite installing lxc from scratch, and just
redoing so (purging the packages and removing all of the cached files,
/etc/lxc, /var/lib/lxc* and so on before reinstalling), I am still
experiencing the same problem.  I am running what I believe to be a
standard system - I first installed it in September 2020 or
thereabouts and have kept it up-to-date with testing ever since.  I
have no idea what might be causing this strange behaviour, and
therefore I have got no clue how to fix it.  I also don't know whether
what is wrong with my setup might affect other people as well.

If you have any suggestions of things I could look at on my system
(configuration files, other packages, ...) I'm all ears!

Many thanks,

   Julian