Bug#773932: systemd-localed fails unless CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y

[Jamie Heilman]

Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 25.12.2014 um 23:55 schrieb Jamie Heilman:
> > Package: systemd
> > Version: 215-8
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Apparently systemd-localed depends on having namespace support in the
> > kernel.  It isn't immediately obvious to me why there is no graceful
> > fallback approach.  The manual page for systemd-localed doesn't call
> > out this dependancy, and while I knew systemd-nspawn would have
> > namespace requirements, this dependancy caught me by surprise:
> > 
> > dbus[382]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.locale1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service'
> > systemd[1]: Couldn't stat device /dev/pts/ptmx
> > systemd[568]: Failed at step NETWORK spawning /lib/systemd/systemd-localed: Invalid argument
> > systemd[1]: systemd-localed.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=225/NETWORK
> > systemd[1]: Failed to start Locale Service.
> > systemd[1]: Unit systemd-localed.service entered failed state.
> > 
> > Unless there's some really good reason that systemd-localed shouldn't
> > be usable on a system without namespaces, then I'm gonna say this is a
> > bug.
> > 
> 
> The reason afaics for requiring namespaces are the use of
> 
> PrivateTmp=yes
> PrivateDevices=yes
> PrivateNetwork=yes
> ProtectSystem=yes
> 
> in /lib/systemd/system/systemd-localed.service

Ah yes, indeed if I toggle those off it appears to run ok.
Default config that depends on features that are in the distro kernels
isn't a bug, so this can be resolved.

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