sssd wont start if autofs is not installed

[jof]

This bug is very similar to Bug #1695870
However, this bug also affects users of Xenial which choose to use upstart instead of systemd. The upstart service file also still lists starting on autofs. However, for users without autofs, this signal is never emitted, and sssd never starts.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thanks for the report Jof,
while in general upstart isn't the focus anymore I agree that it should be considered since it is an update regression.

Not sure if Dup'ing this bug would not make is less readable - so instead of a dup I'll for now assign Victor who drove the original Bug #1566508 that caused the issue as well as the resolution of Bug #1695870 into Trusty.

@Victor - what do you think, since for upstart opt-in users this is an update-regression would you consider working on a fix for Xenial as well?

[Victor Tapia (vtapia)]

Hi Jof, Christian:

Sure, I'll prepare an SRU to address this scenario right now.

[Eric Desrochers (slashd)]

IMHO, I would suggest, to make the Xenial SRU process easier, to continue with the original bug and nominate Xenial to it and then mark this bug as duplicate.

It'll facilitate the verification for the SRU team, based on previous experience I have seen with them where 2 bugs were open for the same problem but for different releases.

- Eric