Ubuntu Xenial: Job local-fs.target/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with networking.service/start

[Andreas Florath]

It looks that there is a cyclic dependency in some of the systemd services: see log.

The VM was created some hours ago using the latest packages.

I'm not really sure if this is a problem with systemd - if not maybe somebody can point me to the buggy package.

=== Version Info ===

root@ubuntuvm:~# uname -a
Linux ubuntuvm 4.4.0-93-generic #116-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 21:17:51 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep systemd
ii libsystemd0:amd64 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 systemd utility library
ii systemd 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 system and service manager
ii systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links
root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep cloud-init
ii cloud-init 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all Init scripts for cloud instances
root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep lvm2
ii liblvm2app2.2:amd64 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 LVM2 application library
ii liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 LVM2 command library
ii lvm2 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 Linux Logical Volume Manager

=== LOG ===

Please note that 'opt' is one of the LVs. Depending on the boot this is replaced e.g. with 'home'.

Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found ordering cycle on networking.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on local-fs.target/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on opt.mount/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-sysvg\x2dopt_vol.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on cloud-init.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on networking.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job local-fs.target/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Job local-fs.target/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with networking.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found ordering cycle on cloud-init-local.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on var.mount/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-sysvg\x2dvar_vol.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on cloud-init.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on networking.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on network-pre.target/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on cloud-init-local.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job cloud-init.service/start
Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init.service: Job cloud-init.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with cloud-init-local.service/start

[Norbert (nrbrtx)]

Possibly duplicate of bug 1487679 .

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this is still an issue