Bug#770644: systemd: can't start dbus if dbus is not running

[Michael Biebl]

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Am 22.11.2014 um 23:33 schrieb brian m. carlson:
> retitle 770644 systemd: systemd is completely unusable after a fatal signal
> # Justification: breaks the whole system, not suitable for release
> severity 770644 serious
> kthxbye
> 
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 09:34:03PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 215-6
>> Severity: important
>>
>> I'm trying to start strongswan:
>>
>>   castro ok % sudo service strongswan start
>>   Failed to get D-Bus connection: No such file or directory
>>
>> Okay:
>>
>>   castro ok # systemctl start dbus
>>   Failed to get D-Bus connection: No such file or directory
>>
>> So I start dbus by hand (à la /etc/init.d/dbus), and:
>>
>>   castro ok # service dbus restart
>>   Failed to restart dbus.service: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
>>   castro ok # service freeradius restart
>>   Failed to restart freeradius.service: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
>>   castro ok # sudo telinit u
>>   Failed to execute operation: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
>>
>> Perhaps systemctl needs to learn a non-dbus way to talk to systemd.
>> telinit should be using signals, not dbus, to signal init.
>>
>> systemd also does not fix itself even after receiving a SIGHUP, SIGUSR1,
>> or SIGTERM.
> 
> Even better is this:
> 
> castro ok % sudo shutdown -r now
> Failed to open initctl FIFO: No such device or address
> Failed to talk to init daemon.
> 
> I just noticed that the issue is that systemd called assert.  I've
> attached an image of the console when this happened.  I don't think I
> need to explain why using assert in /sbin/init is a bad idea.
> 

Can you provide steps how this issue can be reproduced?



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