Bug#790556: systemctl crashes, systemd setup fails

[Meelis Roos]

Package: systemd
Version: 221-1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

I had trouble with udev 220-7 hanging on sparc boot with corrupted
messages on serial console. Because it was hard to report in
understandable way, I booted init=/bin/bash and tried to upgrade all
packages to try the lastest before reporting. However, now systemd setup
crashes and breaks the system even more:

Setting up systemd (221-1) ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.login1.conf ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.machine1.conf ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.systemd1.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/pam.d/systemd-user ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/bootchart.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/journald.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/logind.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/resolved.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/system.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/systemd/user.conf ...
*** Error in `systemctl': free(): invalid pointer: 0xf76fc89c ***
Aborted
*** buffer overflow detected ***: systemd-machine-id-setup terminated
Aborted
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 134
Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.18-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  systemd

dmesg has nothing of interest, kernel is 4.0.0-2-sparc64 from Debian
package.


-- Package-specific info:

This is hand edited because I am reporting it from another conputer

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)

Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

ii  udev            221-1 (not running since in chroot)