Activity log for bug #1821252

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2019-03-21 21:39:31 Steven Clarkson bug added bug
2019-04-10 21:53:47 Steven Clarkson attachment added friendly-recovery-earlydir.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1821252/+attachment/5254782/+files/friendly-recovery-earlydir.patch
2019-04-11 00:21:15 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags patch
2019-04-11 00:21:24 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2019-05-27 19:59:05 Eric Desrochers bug added subscriber Eric Desrochers
2019-05-27 19:59:16 Eric Desrochers bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2019-05-29 16:55:02 Ioanna Alifieraki bug added subscriber Ioanna Alifieraki
2019-05-30 03:21:20 Mathew Hodson friendly-recovery (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2019-05-30 10:01:40 Sebastien Bacher friendly-recovery (Ubuntu): importance Medium High
2019-05-30 10:01:46 Sebastien Bacher tags patch patch rls-ee-incoming
2019-05-30 10:02:14 Sebastien Bacher tags patch rls-ee-incoming patch regression-update rls-bb-incoming rls-ee-incoming
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki bug task added friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial)
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki nominated for series Ubuntu Cosmic
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki bug task added friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic)
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki bug task added friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic)
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki nominated for series Ubuntu Eoan
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki bug task added friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Eoan)
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki nominated for series Ubuntu Disco
2019-05-30 14:31:16 Ioanna Alifieraki bug task added friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco)
2019-05-30 14:31:40 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Eoan): status New Confirmed
2019-05-30 14:31:44 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): status New Confirmed
2019-05-30 14:31:47 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): status New Confirmed
2019-05-30 14:31:50 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Confirmed
2019-05-30 14:31:54 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Confirmed
2019-05-30 15:01:06 Ioanna Alifieraki tags patch regression-update rls-bb-incoming rls-ee-incoming patch regression-update rls-bb-incoming rls-ee-incoming sts
2019-05-30 15:01:14 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): assignee Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
2019-05-30 15:01:17 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): assignee Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
2019-05-30 15:01:20 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): assignee Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
2019-05-30 15:01:22 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): assignee Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
2019-05-30 15:01:24 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Eoan): assignee Ioanna Alifieraki (joalif)
2019-05-30 15:16:58 Brian Murray tags patch regression-update rls-bb-incoming rls-ee-incoming sts patch regression-update sts
2019-05-31 11:30:27 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): status Confirmed In Progress
2019-05-31 11:30:30 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): status Confirmed In Progress
2019-05-31 11:30:32 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): status Confirmed In Progress
2019-05-31 11:30:34 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): status Confirmed In Progress
2019-05-31 11:30:39 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Eoan): status Confirmed In Progress
2019-06-05 14:07:51 Ioanna Alifieraki branch linked lp:~joalif/friendly-recovery/lp1821252
2019-06-06 14:28:01 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): importance Undecided High
2019-06-06 14:28:03 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided High
2019-06-06 14:28:06 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): importance Undecided High
2019-06-06 14:28:13 Ioanna Alifieraki friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): importance Undecided High
2019-06-20 14:52:23 Eric Desrochers description Fresh Ubuntu 18.04.2 server install Try to boot to recovery mode from GRUB. Works correctly. Use systemctl to set a different default, say systemctl set-default multi-user.target Try to boot to recovery mode from GRUB. End up at getty and not the recovery menu. Delete /etc/systemd/system/default.target* and recovery mode works normally again. I believe this can be fixed by changing normaldir to earlydir in the generator. [Impact] * A recovery mode boot is effectively a normal boot on any system that has ever had systemctl set-default run on it, i.e., the recovery kernel parameter does nothing. In particular, ubiquity calls systemctl set-default as part of the oem-config process, rendering recovery mode useless on any oem-configured machine. * This is a regression from previous behavior, where recovery mode would override a user-set default target. * This would also restore the intuitive behavior of this package. It is intended to be run by setting a kernel parameter for a one-time boot, and should therefore take priority over any other settings (such as configuring a different default target). [Test Case] * Run systemctl set-default multi-user.target * Use the GRUB menu to try to boot into recovery mode * Observe that you end up at a TTY, not in recovery mode [Regression Potential] * Possible regression if someone set recovery as a default kernel parameter, then relied on the default systemd target to override it. This seems like an unlikely use-case. [Original Description] Fresh Ubuntu 18.04.2 server install Try to boot to recovery mode from GRUB. Works correctly. Use systemctl to set a different default, say systemctl set-default multi-user.target Try to boot to recovery mode from GRUB. End up at getty and not the recovery menu. Delete /etc/systemd/system/default.target* and recovery mode works normally again. I believe this can be fixed by changing normaldir to earlydir in the generator.
2019-06-21 11:27:43 Ioanna Alifieraki branch unlinked lp:~joalif/friendly-recovery/lp1821252
2019-06-21 12:14:02 Ioanna Alifieraki branch linked lp:~joalif/friendly-recovery/lp1821252
2019-06-21 12:45:31 Eric Desrochers bug added subscriber STS Sponsors
2019-06-21 12:45:39 Eric Desrochers tags patch regression-update sts patch regression-update sts sts-sponsor-slashd
2019-06-21 17:21:14 Ioanna Alifieraki attachment added lp1821252_disco.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1821252/+attachment/5272167/+files/lp1821252_disco.debdiff
2019-06-21 17:21:43 Ioanna Alifieraki attachment added lp1821252_cosmic.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1821252/+attachment/5272168/+files/lp1821252_cosmic.debdiff
2019-06-21 17:22:21 Ioanna Alifieraki attachment added lp1821252_bionic.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1821252/+attachment/5272169/+files/lp1821252_bionic.debdiff
2019-06-21 17:22:49 Ioanna Alifieraki attachment added lp1821252_xenial.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1821252/+attachment/5272170/+files/lp1821252_xenial.debdiff
2019-06-22 02:04:46 Launchpad Janitor friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Eoan): status In Progress Fix Released
2019-06-25 13:25:27 Eric Desrochers tags patch regression-update sts sts-sponsor-slashd patch regression-update sts
2019-06-25 13:26:38 Eric Desrochers removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2019-06-25 13:26:44 Eric Desrochers removed subscriber STS Sponsors
2019-06-28 22:35:14 Brian Murray friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-06-28 22:35:19 Brian Murray bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2019-06-28 22:35:23 Brian Murray bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2019-06-28 22:35:32 Brian Murray tags patch regression-update sts patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-disco
2019-06-28 22:36:46 Brian Murray friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-06-28 22:37:09 Brian Murray tags patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-disco patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco
2019-06-28 22:38:35 Brian Murray friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-06-28 22:38:45 Brian Murray tags patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco
2019-06-28 22:41:48 Brian Murray friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-06-28 22:41:58 Brian Murray tags patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-xenial
2019-06-29 00:11:46 Steven Clarkson tags patch regression-update sts verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-xenial patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-xenial
2019-06-29 01:57:11 Steven Clarkson tags patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-xenial patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-xenial verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco
2019-06-29 02:22:59 Steven Clarkson tags patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-xenial verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic verification-needed-disco patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic verification-done-xenial verification-needed verification-needed-disco
2019-06-29 02:25:09 Steven Clarkson tags patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic verification-done-xenial verification-needed verification-needed-disco patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial verification-needed
2019-07-01 09:02:42 Ioanna Alifieraki tags patch regression-update sts verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial verification-needed patch regression-update sts verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial
2019-07-08 07:15:21 Ɓukasz Zemczak removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2019-07-08 07:17:03 Launchpad Janitor friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Cosmic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-07-08 07:22:27 Launchpad Janitor friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-07-08 07:25:26 Launchpad Janitor friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Disco): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-07-08 07:26:25 Launchpad Janitor friendly-recovery (Ubuntu Xenial): status Fix Committed Fix Released