TEST-03 sometimes fails during autopkgtests

[Dan Streetman]

[impact]

during autopkgtest runs, sometimes TEST-03 fails when running under qemu.

[test case]

check autopkgtest results, e.g.:
https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-bionic/bionic/i386/s/systemd/20201009_025713_c1956@/log.gz

[regression potential]

any regression would likely result in a failure to detect some other regression that is otherwise tested by this test case.

[scope]

this is needed only for bionic.

upstream, this is fixed by disabling TEST-03 (and TEST-16) running under qemu, as their timing is very tight, in commit 3edc0c590d3a9212267d0a7cf56e95efa7f61039, which is included first in v239, so this is fixed already in focal and later.

technically, this also is needed for xenial, however since that release is reaching ESM status early next year, and this is only an autopkgtest fix, i have no plans to update xenial.

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/237-3ubuntu10.45 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

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[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (237-3ubuntu10.45) for bionic have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

corosync/2.4.3-0ubuntu1.1 (armhf)
lxc/3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 (amd64)
openssh/1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.3 (amd64, ppc64el, arm64, i386, armhf, s390x)
linux-hwe-5.0/5.0.0-65.71 (i386)
linux-hwe-5.4/5.4.0-67.75~18.04.1 (i386)
gvfs/1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3 (amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/bionic/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

TEST-03 passed in autopkgtest run, so marking as verified.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 237-3ubuntu10.45

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systemd (237-3ubuntu10.45) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Ioanna Alifieraki ]
  * d/p/lp1911187-systemctl-do-not-shutdown-immediately-on-scheduled-shutdo.patch:
    Do not shutdown immediately when scheduled shutdown fails (LP: #1911187)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=257135a59455f4e4063e78cdd3f5cfeca2597b5b

  [ Dimitri John Ledkov ]
  * d/p/lp1878969-meson-initialize-time-epoch-to-reproducible-builds-compat.patch:
    meson: initialize time-epoch to reproducible builds compatible value
    (LP: #1878969)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=6f5a0c94ff4a486ee0b72af926672b24d16ff5a8

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * d/p/lp1913189-test-accept-that-char-device-0-0-can-now-be-created-.patch:
    - Fix failing test case under 5.8 kernel (LP: #1913189)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=15143ec6cd584a18866390a042348a543e5aa22d
  * d/p/lp1913423-hashmap-make-sure-to-initialize-shared-hash-key-atom.patch:
    Thread-safe init of hashmap shared key (LP: #1913423)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=95c189adb9c3e22576b26b084c7edf001cbc8307
  * d/p/lp1890448-hwdb-Add-EliteBook-to-use-micmute-hotkey.patch:
    Add EliteBook to use micmute hotkey (LP: #1890448)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=19b48bdac5129aa772fbcd2dbf8d1bb5c30c1510
  * d/p/debian/patches/lp1902553-test-disable-QEMU-based-testing-for-TEST-16-EXTEND-T.patch:
    Disable TEST-03 run under qemu (LP: #1902553)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=4e37d20ec379d169cfd53088d0c3b4d7bb65d25b
  * d/p/debian/patches/lp1883447-seccomp-add-all-time64-syscalls.patch:
    Add *time64 syscalls (LP: #1883447)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=a459492c67c5c5855b03daca4b44141705495376
  * d/p/lp1685754-pid1-by-default-make-user-units-inherit-their-umask-.patch:
    Inherit umask for --user processes (LP: #1685754)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=00df8d0e76975594adb765182c587ef495262fe1
  * d/p/debian/patches/lp1880258-log-nxdomain-as-debug.patch:
    Change NXDOMAIN 'errors' to log level debug (LP: #1880258)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=9684abed02669bfcf696763b887518cf54cd3f69
  * d/p/lp1913763-udev-rules-add-rule-to-create-dev-ptp_hyperv.patch:
    Create symlink for hyperv-provided ptp device (LP: #1913763)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=ff2a9ed2ece6bbd86a3d57f42b26cb1a6ca2845a

 -- Ioanna Alifieraki <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:45:01 +0200

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.