Activity log for bug #1691999

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-05-19 10:53:23 Alberto Donato bug added bug
2017-05-19 11:00:21 Alberto Donato summary Snap removal hangs Snap removal hangs inside LXD container
2017-05-19 11:00:58 Alberto Donato description When trying to remove a locally-installed snap I'm developing, I get the following error: $ snap list Name Version Rev Developer Notes core 16-2 1689 canonical - $ sudo snap install --dangerous basic-auth-service_0.1-git+bbae0ca_amd64.snap basic-auth-service 0.1-git+bbae0ca installed $ snap list Name Version Rev Developer Notes basic-auth-service 0.1-git+bbae0ca x1 - core 16-2 1689 canonical - $ sudo snap remove basic-auth-service 2017-05-19T10:45:47Z ERROR cannot remove snap file "basic-auth-service", will retry in 3 mins: [stop snap-basic\x2dauth\x2dservice-x1.mount] failed with exit status 1: Job for snap-basic\x2dauth\x2dservice-x1.mount failed. See "systemctl status "snap-basic\\x2dauth\\x2dservice-x1.mount"" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [/] Remove snap "basic-auth-service" (x1) from the system snap seemps to spin forever trying to remove it. If I reboot the machine and manually kill the squashfuse instance for the snap, it eventually gets into the disabled,broken state and gets removed. This happens in a xenial LXD container (under LXD 2.13), with the following snap version: $ snap --version snap 2.25 snapd 2.25 series 16 ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.8.0-49-generic When trying to remove a locally-installed snap I'm developing, I get the following error: $ snap list Name Version Rev Developer Notes core 16-2 1689 canonical - $ sudo snap install --dangerous basic-auth-service_0.1-git+bbae0ca_amd64.snap basic-auth-service 0.1-git+bbae0ca installed $ snap list Name Version Rev Developer Notes basic-auth-service 0.1-git+bbae0ca x1 - core 16-2 1689 canonical - $ sudo snap remove basic-auth-service 2017-05-19T10:45:47Z ERROR cannot remove snap file "basic-auth-service", will retry in 3 mins: [stop snap-basic\x2dauth\x2dservice-x1.mount] failed with exit status 1: Job for snap-basic\x2dauth\x2dservice-x1.mount failed. See "systemctl status "snap-basic\\x2dauth\\x2dservice-x1.mount"" and "journalctl -xe" for details. [/] Remove snap "basic-auth-service" (x1) from the system snap seemps to spin forever trying to remove it. If I reboot the machine and manually kill the squashfuse instance for the snap, it eventually gets into the disabled,broken state and gets removed. This happens in a xenial LXD container (under LXD 2.13), with the following snap version: $ snap --version snap 2.25 snapd 2.25 series 16 ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.8.0-49-generic The same snap installs/removes fine on a physical host
2017-09-08 07:52:48 Zygmunt Krynicki marked as duplicate 1712930