Bug#883877: rsyslog: fails to configure, dpkg --configure exits with error

[Michael Biebl]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 06:55:34 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Am 19.12.2017 um 02:18 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine:
> > 2017-12-19 2:02 GMT+02:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
> >> Am 18.12.2017 um 20:07 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine:
> >>> 2017-12-18 2:08 GMT+02:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I just uploaded v236 today. Before we try to debug this further, it
> >>>> would be great if you can give this version a try. Maybe your issue is
> >>>> already fixed.
> >>>> If not, we'll have to involve upstream at some point by filing an
> >>>> upstream bug report. But let's first wait for your results with 236-1
> >>>
> >>> The issue is not fixed. Something fails at communicating with dbus,
> >>> and it messes up everything else.
> >>
> >> Just to be sure, have you rebooted your system after upgrading to 236-1?
> > 
> > Yes I have, but this required issuing "exec reboot -f" to bypass init
> > entirely, otherwise it fails due to the lack of dbus connection.
> 
> Sure, if PID 1 has crashed, it will freeze itself and no longer respond
> to any (D-Bus) requests.
> 
> When exactly does systemd crash? Is it immediately during boot or after
> you've been using the system for a while?
> I assume it works at least for a while, otherwise no other services
> would be started and you would not be able to log in.
> When systemd crashes, you should get an entry in the kernel log (dmesg)
> respectively the journal.
> 
> It would be great if you can follow the instructions at [1] to boot with
> debug logging enabled and then provide a journal log which shows such a
> crash.
> 

Any updates on this?

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