[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#723936: Bug#723936: systemd: fails to upgrade - same behavior

[Michael Biebl]

Am 24.09.2013 14:07, schrieb Jean-Marc:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:53:18 +0200, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
> wrote:
>> Am 24.09.2013 13:27, schrieb Jean-Marc:
>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:45:32 +0200, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Am 24.09.2013 12:01, schrieb Jean-Marc:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> [SNIP]
>>>>
>>>> The upgrade failure and the LVM problem sound like different issue not
>>>> related to each other. Your LVM issue is most likely the same as [1]
>>>
>>> OK.
>>
>> You could try the packages posted there and see if they fix your LVM
>> issue (assuming you use the amd64 architecture)
> 
> I took a look at this but I have no issue with systemd/LVM.
> The problem is systemd never reached the step where it mounts FS's.
> It hangs before and timedouts asking for root password or ctrl-D.

That sounds like the LVM problem. Without the fixes in the lvm2 package,
the lvm2 devices won't show up and systemd times out waiting for those
devices.
As said, it would be good if you could test those packages.
Please follow up on #718190 for this.

>>>> As for the upgrade failure: Did running apt-get a second time
>>>> successfully complete the upgrade?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, when I ran apt-get the second time, I have started my
>>> system using initd, the only way I found to make it started.
>>
>> Do you have an backup from before the upgrade so we have a chance of
>> reproducing the issue?
> 
> No, no backup  But I am sure there is a problem with systemd.
> The last version installed on my system is not able to start it
> anymore.
> And I can reproduce this.

The non-booting/LVM problem is a different bug and we shouldn't mix this
with this bug report #723936 which is about the failure during upgrade,
otherwise we get a complete mess. Let's only deal with the upgrade
failure in this bug report.

If you have a journalctl dump from during the system upgrade, that could
be helpful. If you are not comfortable sharing it on the internet, you
can also send it to me privately.


Michael

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