[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1114596: Missing dependency on fuse3

Stefano Rivera stefanor at debian.org
Sun Sep 7 12:55:22 BST 2025


Package: lxcfs
Version: 6.0.4-1
Severity: serious

On an upgrade from bookworm (with bpo) to trixie, lxcfs failed to start, 
as fuse3 wasn't installed.

Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 systemd[1]: Starting lxcfs.service - FUSE filesystem for LXC...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit lxcfs.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit lxcfs.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 1093262.
Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 mkdir[2813610]: mkdir: cannot stat ‘/var/lib/lxcfs’: Transport end
point is not connected
Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 systemd[1]: lxcfs.service: Control process exited, code=exited, st
atus=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ An ExecStartPre= process belonging to unit lxcfs.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 (sermount)[2813612]: lxcfs.service: Unable to locate executable '/
bin/fusermount': No such file or directory
░░ Subject: Process /bin/fusermount could not be executed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ The process /bin/fusermount could not be executed and failed.
░░
░░ The error number returned by this process is 2.
Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 systemd[1]: lxcfs.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ The unit lxcfs.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 07 11:45:10 debsocial02 systemd[1]: Failed to start lxcfs.service - FUSE filesystem for LX
C.

I noticed the missing fusermount, and installed fuse3. That fixed the 
issue. I see the systemd unit has
ExecStopPost=-/bin/fusermount -u /var/lib/lxcfs
which should mean that it *isn't* needed, but clearly something was...

So, I presume this is a missing dependency.

Stefano

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.22+bpo-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages lxcfs depends on:
ii  libc6         2.41-12
ii  libfuse3-4    3.17.2-3
ii  libgcc-s1     14.2.0-19
ii  runit-helper  2.16.4

lxcfs recommends no packages.

lxcfs suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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