Bug#868458: `systemctl status' output is ellipsised

[Iain Lane]

Package: init-system-helpers
Version: 1.47
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi all,

See:

  https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-artful/artful/armhf/i/init-system-helpers/20170715_153215_783d6@/log.gz

  invoke-rc.d: initscript udev, action "restart" failed.
  ● systemd-udevd.service - udev Kernel Device Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udevd.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: activating (start) since Sat 2017-07-15 15:32:01 UTC; 23ms ago
       Docs: man:systemd-udevd.service(8)
             man:udev(7)
  Main PID: 1219 (systemd-udevd)
     Tasks: 1
    CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-udevd.service
            └─1219 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd

  Jul 15 15:32:01 autopkgtest-lxd-hlpuup systemd[1]: systemd-udevd.service: Fai…ed
  Jul 15 15:32:01 autopkgtest-lxd-hlpuup systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Devic…..
  Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
  dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.18-1ubuntu2) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   udev

It would be good to do what the hint in the output says, so we can see
what's going wrong from logs. Patch attached.

Cheers,

-- 
Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]
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>From f0a2a6276d70834665a995b9254abe78a2d56b68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iain Lane <laney at debian.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 17:36:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] invoke-rc.d: Pass --full to `systemctl status', so we don't
 get ellipsised output.

---
 debian/changelog   | 7 +++++++
 script/invoke-rc.d | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index abea8f9..eee4c74 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+init-system-helpers (1.49) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * invoke-rc.d: Pass --full to `systemctl status', so we don't get ellipsised
+    output.
+
+ -- Iain Lane <laney at debian.org>  Sat, 15 Jul 2017 17:36:15 +0100
+
 init-system-helpers (1.48) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload
diff --git a/script/invoke-rc.d b/script/invoke-rc.d
index d8b10f7..569ec50 100755
--- a/script/invoke-rc.d
+++ b/script/invoke-rc.d
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ if test x${FORCE} != x || test ${RC} -eq 104 ; then
 	done
 	printerror initscript ${INITSCRIPTID}, action \"${saction}\" failed.
 	if [ -n "$is_systemd" ] && [ "$saction" = start -o "$saction" = restart -o "$saction" = "try-restart" ]; then
-	    systemctl status --no-pager "${UNIT}" || true
+	    systemctl status --full --no-pager "${UNIT}" || true
 	fi
 	exit ${RC}
     fi
-- 
2.11.0