Timer Disabling on Package Update? (is: #922031)

[Michael Biebl]

Am 10.03.19 um 17:05 schrieb Harlan Lieberman-Berg:
> Hello pkg-systemd!
> 
> There's a strange bug being reported in the stable-updated version of
> certbot about the systemd timer that I'm having trouble reproducing or
> understanding how it could happen.
> 
> According to the users reporting the issue, between the update from
> 0.10~ to 0.28.0.1~deb9u1, the systemd timer stops functioning.  In the
> list-timers output, both NEXT and LAST are listed as "n/a".  Rebooting
> the machine fixes the problem (potentially temporarily?).
> 
> Looking back at the changes that were made to the debian/ directory, I
> don't see anything that could have caused this.  We did change the
> timer file during the upgrade, but just to change the value of
> RandomizedDelaySec -- and we didn't change from dh_installsystemd to
> dh_systemd_{enable,start}.  I'm not sure how/why this could have
> happened, but I'm clearly out of my depth on the systemd stuff and
> need some help.
> 

Can you provide the output of
systemctl status certbot.timer
journalctl -u certbot.timer

Is certbot.timer restarted as part of the package update?

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