Comment 15 for bug 694772

A D-Bus interface to re-exec is the plan here.

Scott

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Loïc Minier <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hey Scott!
>
> We'd love your input on the best way for upstart's telinit to not
> SIGTERM what could possibly be a non-upstart init (this is particularly
> an issue with busybox as it reboots on SIGTERM).  I attached a patch
> doing basically an is_chrooted test; Colin proposes using the DBus
> interface instead; we're not quite sure what should happen in the case
> of sysvinit -> upstart transitions or other weirdnesses though
>
> Thanks a lot for your input
>
> ** Also affects: upstart
>   Importance: Undecided
>       Status: New
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/694772
>
> Title:
>  Sudden reboot during server ISO install
>
> Status in Upstart:
>  New
> Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in “eglibc” package in Debian:
>  Unknown
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: debian-installer
>
> I am not sure which package is the affected one, but since it affects the install of the server, I am opening against d-i. I started experiencing this last week at around Dec 23/24th.
>
> Repeated with ISOs from Dec 24th to Dec 27th.
>
> I experienced it under both a bare-metal install and a libvirt install (under Natty), both under preseeded and manual installs.
>
> Installation proceeds nicely until we get to the point of installing the base system. Then, suddenly, I see a "rebooting" message flash on the screen, and system does indeed reboot. Since there is no kernel installed, at this point, the system hangs.
>
> I am marking this as critical -- no tests can be performed.
>
> I am unsure on how to collect data here, since the installer logs are lost.
>
> LAST ISO TESTED: 20101230. reboot happens on 'extracting libpcreg...'
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