Bug#622394: systemd: nfs-common and rpcbind unit files to fix systemd NFS issues properly

[Niels Thykier]

On 2015-01-17 02:42, Simon McVittie wrote:
> Control: clone 622394 -2 -3
> Control: retitle -2 NFS mounts from /etc/fstab do not work
> Control: submitter -2 matt at mattgrant.net.nz
> Control: retitle -3 NFS exports fail due to rpcbind not starting before nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server
> Control: submitter -3 matt at mattgrant.net.nz
> Control: tags -3 moreinfo unreproducible
> Control: user release.debian.org at packages.debian.org
> Control: usertag -2 - jessie-is-blocker
> Control: usertag -3 - jessie-is-blocker
> Control: tags 622394 unreproducible
> 
> On 16/01/15 21:27, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> Can anyone provide me with an up to date status on this bug?  It seems
>> to be a mismatch of no less than 3 different bugs if I understand
>> Simon's comment in message #41 correctly (see [1] for the full text).
> 
> That is my understanding, but I am not an expert on this package (I
> don't use NFS myself).
> 
> I was hoping for a response from a maintainer and/or bug reporters,
> but apparently I'm not going to get one, so... cloning it is. I hope
> I got the usertags and stuff right - please check.
> 

The new ones do not appear on:

https://udd.debian.org/bugs/?release=jessie_and_sid&patch=ign&merged=ign&done=ign&rtjessie-is-blocker=only&fnewerval=7&flastmodval=7&rc=1&ctags=1&cdeferred=1&sortby=id&sorto=asc&format=html#results

So it was working. :)

>> In particular, this bug is correctly marked as a Jessie blocker due to
>> the current bug title, which suggests that nfs-common has a circular
>> dependency causing NFS to break under systemd.  However, reading the bug
>> I am understanding that this loop is now assumed to be fixed?
> 
> That's my "bug A" and yes I suspect it's been fixed by better
> sysvinit compatibility in systemd... but I could be wrong, and I
> don't know specifically what the fix was. Let's use #622394 for this.
> 
> I haven't closed it immediately, but I've tagged it unreproducible.
> I certainly didn't see it myself.
> 
> [...]
>> On the topic of "_netdev": Did you conclude that systemd correctly
>> auto-discovered NFS as a _netdev *without* explicitly stating it in
>> /etc/fstab?
> 
> I believe so. systemd does have code to do this, and Ben's logic
> concluding that the test results indicate it is working
> correctly does seem valid.
> 
>     S
> 

Excellent, thanks.

I will revisit the "unreproducible" or/and "moreinfo" bugs in a week; if
there has been no follow up on the bugs with more information I will
deal with them (close or downgrade, whichever seems more applicable).

Thanks,
~Niels