Bug#816876: systemd: bootsched fails after systemd is installed resumes working after systemd is removed

[Michael Biebl]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:16:43 -0700 jda2000 <james_armstrong at msn.com> wrote:
> Source: systemd
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> In the course of an update from Debian 7 to Debian 8 on a color iMac sytemd replaced sysv style init.
> Subsequently, bootsched from powerpc-utils stopped working.  It would run and return 0 status but
> the system would not power-on at the appointed time.
> 
> Following the instructions found here:
>   https://ispire.me/downgrade-from-debian-sid-to-stable-from-jessie-to-wheezy/
> sysvinit was re-installed and systemd removed:
> 
> apt-get install sysvinit-core sysvinit sysvinit-utils
> (reboot)
> apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd
> 
> During this process a message flashed by saying that a supernode(?) had a future date
> probably due to an invalid hardware clock setting and the notation "FIXED"
> 
> On a hunch, I skipped the rest of the roll-back and retested /sbin/bootshed
> That test and a few subsequent all worked. 
> 
> and earlier attempt to fix the problem with:
> 
> # hwclock --set --date "$(date)"
> 
> had not worked.
> 
> I'm staying on Debian 8 since /sbin/bootsched is working.
> 
> I submit this report to document the work-around in case there are other color iMacs out there still.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 8.3
>   APT prefers stable
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-powerpc
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)


Can you be more clear what the bug in systemd is supposed to be?

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