Activity log for bug #1718966

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-09-22 15:46:05 David Coronel bug added bug
2017-09-27 20:51:12 Rafael David Tinoco bug added subscriber Rafael David Tinoco
2017-09-27 20:51:18 Rafael David Tinoco snapd: assignee Rafael David Tinoco (inaddy)
2017-09-27 20:51:21 Rafael David Tinoco snapd: status New Confirmed
2017-09-27 20:51:49 Rafael David Tinoco bug task added systemd (Ubuntu)
2017-09-27 20:52:00 Rafael David Tinoco systemd (Ubuntu): assignee Rafael David Tinoco (inaddy)
2017-09-27 20:52:07 Rafael David Tinoco systemd (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2017-09-27 20:52:13 Rafael David Tinoco systemd (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2017-09-27 20:52:24 Rafael David Tinoco nominated for series Ubuntu Trusty
2017-09-27 21:00:29 Eric Desrochers bug task added systemd (Ubuntu Trusty)
2017-09-27 21:01:05 Eric Desrochers bug added subscriber Eric Desrochers
2017-09-28 16:19:36 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): status New Confirmed
2017-09-28 16:36:25 Rafael David Tinoco systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): assignee Rafael David Tinoco (inaddy)
2017-09-28 21:13:44 Rafael David Tinoco systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): status Confirmed In Progress
2017-09-28 21:13:47 Rafael David Tinoco snapd: status Confirmed In Progress
2017-09-29 18:18:29 Rafael David Tinoco snapd: status In Progress Invalid
2017-10-02 23:57:38 Rafael David Tinoco attachment added trusty_systemd_204-5ubuntu20.25.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1718966/+attachment/4960880/+files/trusty_systemd_204-5ubuntu20.25.debdiff
2017-10-02 23:59:16 Rafael David Tinoco tags sts sts-sponsor
2017-10-03 00:20:19 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags sts sts-sponsor patch sts sts-sponsor
2017-10-03 00:20:27 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2017-10-03 12:18:03 Eric Desrochers description Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. Steps to reproduce: =================== # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not.
2017-10-03 12:21:34 Eric Desrochers systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): importance Undecided Medium
2017-10-03 12:23:54 Rafael David Tinoco description [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not.
2017-10-03 13:58:05 Eric Desrochers tags patch sts sts-sponsor patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed
2017-10-03 13:58:23 Eric Desrochers bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2017-10-03 14:01:13 Eric Desrochers description [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. ** A "pre-SRU" test package provided in Tinoco's PPA has been also intensively tested with success, which bring even more confidence for this change. Note that the same level/quality of testing will be performed one more time when the package will be found in trusty-proposed. ** [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not.
2017-10-03 16:58:37 Eric Desrochers description [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. ** A "pre-SRU" test package provided in Tinoco's PPA has been also intensively tested with success, which bring even more confidence for this change. Note that the same level/quality of testing will be performed one more time when the package will be found in trusty-proposed. ** [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. ** A "pre-SRU" test package provided in Tinoco's PPA has been also intensively tested with success, which bring even more confidence for this change. Note that the same level/quality of testing will be performed one more time when the package will be found in trusty-proposed. ** * Manual autopkgtest againts the systemd .dsc file : adt-run [12:31:42]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary timedated PASS hostnamed PASS localed-locale PASS localed-x11-keymap PASS logind PASS api PASS [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not.
2017-10-04 15:56:50 Leonardo Borda bug added subscriber Leonardo Borda
2017-10-05 11:27:48 Dominique Poulain bug added subscriber Dominique Poulain
2017-10-05 13:19:26 Łukasz Zemczak systemd (Ubuntu): status In Progress Invalid
2017-10-05 13:20:26 Łukasz Zemczak systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): status In Progress Fix Committed
2017-10-05 13:20:27 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2017-10-05 13:20:31 Łukasz Zemczak tags patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed verification-needed verification-needed-trusty
2017-10-05 13:20:43 Łukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2017-10-10 14:17:59 Eric Desrochers description [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. ** A "pre-SRU" test package provided in Tinoco's PPA has been also intensively tested with success, which bring even more confidence for this change. Note that the same level/quality of testing will be performed one more time when the package will be found in trusty-proposed. ** * Manual autopkgtest againts the systemd .dsc file : adt-run [12:31:42]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary timedated PASS hostnamed PASS localed-locale PASS localed-x11-keymap PASS logind PASS api PASS [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. [Impact] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not. The issue is with the core snap being unable to mount: The error with /var isolated and using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) The error with /var isolated but without using LVM: root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-7383abd2\x2d019c\x2d46c2\x2d8b36\x2d34633cc8f3ca.service' for details. ) The same error happens if I try to install the hello-world snap (with LVM in this example): root@ubuntu:~# snap install hello-world error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) I cannot reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 16.04. I couldn't reproduce this issue by using the Ubuntu 14.04 cloud image which doesn't isolate /var on its own partition. I tried adding a secondary disk to that cloud image VM and create a dummy VG and LV, but couldn't reproduce the issue. Also could not reproduce using Ubuntu 14.04 (with LVM or not) but with only a / partition and swap. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu 14.04 in KVM (I used the 14.04.4 server iso) and configure /, /var and swap on their own partitions (with LVM or not, the issue happens in both situations). root@ubuntu:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert rootvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g swap vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g varvol vg00 -wi-ao--- 3.72g root@ubuntu:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 484M 4.0K 484M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 988K 99M 1% /run /dev/dm-0 3.7G 1.7G 1.8G 49% / none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 497M 0 497M 0% /run/shm none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user /dev/mapper/vg00-varvol 3.7G 716M 2.8G 21% /var # Upgrade system, install snapd and reboot root@ubuntu:~# apt update root@ubuntu:~# apt upgrade -y root@ubuntu:~# apt install -y snapd root@ubuntu:~# reboot # After reboot, check kernel version and try to install the canonical-livepatch snap: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-96-generic #119~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 08:40:48 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# snap list No snaps are installed yet. Try "snap install hello-world". root@ubuntu:~# snap install canonical-livepatch error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2898) ([start snap-core-2898.mount] failed with exit status 6: Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-vg00\x2dvarvol.service' for details. ) [Regression Potential] - Unit file has been added to systemd, could cause an error in some units initialization. Since systemd is not used as "init" system for Trusty, this is minor regression. - Could break all systemd units depending (After=/Wants=) systemd-fsck@.service but they are already broken. ** A "pre-SRU" test package provided in Tinoco's PPA has been also intensively tested with success, which bring even more confidence for this change. Note that the same level/quality of testing will be performed one more time when the package will be found in trusty-proposed. ** * Manual autopkgtest againts the systemd .dsc file : adt-run [12:31:42]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary timedated PASS hostnamed PASS localed-locale PASS localed-x11-keymap PASS logind PASS api PASS * About the autopkgtest regressions found : https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1718966/comments/14 [Other Info] [Original Description] Installing snaps is not possible on Ubuntu 14.04 when having /var on its own partition, whether its LVM or not.
2017-10-16 13:52:56 Rafael David Tinoco tags patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed verification-needed verification-needed-trusty patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed verification-done verification-done-trusty
2017-10-16 14:30:07 Eric Desrochers tags patch sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed verification-done verification-done-trusty sts sts-sponsor-done sts-sru-needed verification-done verification-done-trusty
2017-10-16 14:38:46 Launchpad Janitor systemd (Ubuntu Trusty): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2017-10-16 14:38:52 Łukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team