I noticed today on lxd that the latest xenial image is failing to bring down networking
$ cat /etc/cloud/build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20160227-141431
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest dhclient[992]: DHCPOFFER of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest dhclient[992]: DHCPACK of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest ifup[951]: DHCPACK of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest ifup[951]: bound to 10.0.3.238 -- renewal in 1669 seconds.
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest systemd[1]: Started Raise network interfaces.
Feb 29 20:26:44 xtest systemd[1]: Stopping Raise network interfaces...
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: Stopped Raise network interfaces.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
root@xtest:~# ubuntu-bug /lib/systemd/system/networking.service
I noticed today on lxd that the latest xenial image is failing to bring down networking build.info
$ cat /etc/cloud/
build_name: server
serial: 20160227-141431
to reproduce:
$ lxd-images import ubuntu --alias xenial xenial --stream=daily
$ lxc launch xenial x1
# wait a bit
$ lxc exec x1 /bin/bash
% systemctl stop networking
... long time passes ....
% systemctl status networking system/ networking. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) generator/ networking. service. d
└─50- insserv. conf-$network. conf /sbin/ifdown -a --read-environment (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) /sbin/ifup -a --read-environment (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) /bin/sh -c [ "$CONFIGURE_ INTERFACES" != "no" ] && [ -n "$(ifquery --read-environme
● networking.service - Raise network interfaces
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Drop-In: /run/systemd/
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Mon 2016-02-29 20:28:14 UTC; 5s ago
Docs: man:interfaces(5)
Process: 1241 ExecStop=
Process: 951 ExecStart=
Process: 948 ExecStartPre=
Main PID: 951 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest dhclient[992]: DHCPOFFER of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1 system/ networking. service
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest dhclient[992]: DHCPACK of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest ifup[951]: DHCPACK of 10.0.3.238 from 10.0.3.1
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest ifup[951]: bound to 10.0.3.238 -- renewal in 1669 seconds.
Feb 29 20:26:35 xtest systemd[1]: Started Raise network interfaces.
Feb 29 20:26:44 xtest systemd[1]: Stopping Raise network interfaces...
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: Stopped Raise network interfaces.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 29 20:28:14 xtest systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
root@xtest:~# ubuntu-bug /lib/systemd/
ProblemType: Bug ature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2 256color
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ifupdown 0.8.10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 29 20:28:28 2016
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
SourcePackage: ifupdown
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)