Bug#771561: systemd package is missing dependency on Linux kernel (linux-image?)

Sun Nov 30 18:59:17 GMT 2014

Package: systemd
Version: 204-8
Severity: serious

Dear Maintainer,

according to upstream, systemd depends on the Linux kernel being in use.
Quote <http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/README?id=v215>:
> Linux kernel >= 3.0
> Linux kernel >= 3.3 for loop device partition support features with nspawn
> Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support

According to Lennart Poettering, future systemd versions are going to depend
on specific Linux kernel versions. For evidence, see this email from Lennart
<http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May/019657.html>:
> To make this clear, we expect that systemd and kernels are updated in
> lockstep. We explicitly do not support really old kernels with really 
> new systemd. So far we had the focus to support up to 2y old kernels 
> (which means 3.4 right now), but even that should be taken with a grain 
> of salt, as we already made clear that soon after kdbus is merged into 
> the kernel we'll probably make a hard requirement on it from the systemd 
> side.

See also bug #770876, where udev device enumeration in Xorg does not work
with Linux kernel 3.2, but does work with Linux kernel 3.16. Introducing
a versioned dependency of systemd on a Linux kernel >=3.4 could prevent
breakage when upgrading from Wheezy, which comes with Linux kernel 3.2.

I have marked this bug serious after reading the RC issues document at
<https://release.debian.org/testing/rc_policy.txt>, according to this:
> 	Packages must include a "Depends:" line listing any other
> 	packages they require for operation, unless those packages are
> 	marked "Essential: yes".

I could not determine if the package linux-image is marked essential, as
it seems to be an entirely virtual package. I have no idea how / if Debian
can handle versioned dependencies with virtual packages anyway.

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  acl                  2.2.52-2
ii  adduser              3.113+nmu3
ii  initscripts          2.88dsf-57
ii  libacl1              2.2.52-2
ii  libaudit1            1:2.4-1
ii  libc6                2.19-13
ii  libcap2              1:2.24-6
ii  libcap2-bin          1:2.24-6
ii  libcryptsetup4       2:1.6.6-3
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.8.10-1
ii  libgcrypt11          1.5.4-3
ii  libkmod2             18-3
ii  liblzma5             5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b1
ii  libpam0g             1.1.8-3.1
ii  libselinux1          2.3-2
ii  libsystemd-daemon0   204-8
ii  libsystemd-journal0  204-8
ii  libsystemd-login0    204-8
ii  libudev1             204-8
ii  libwrap0             7.6.q-25
ii  sysv-rc              2.88dsf-53.4
ii  udev                 204-8
ii  util-linux           2.20.1-5.11

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  libpam-systemd  204-8

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
pn  systemd-ui  <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/systemd/logind.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information
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==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/acpid.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/smartd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/smartd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/anacron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/acpid.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/epmd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/epmd.socket
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/epmd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/binfmt-support.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/atd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/openvpn.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lxc.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/smartd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/cron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-wait-online.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/syslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/acpid.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ModemManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/paths.target.wants/acpid.path <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lm-sensors.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/epmd.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/epmd.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation-early.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lxc.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lxc.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/rsyslog.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-lvmetad.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/openvpn.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/openvpn.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.path.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/paths.target.wants/acpid.path

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/pppd-dns.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
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# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
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