systemd.unit(5) incorrectly refers to systemd.syntax(5)

[Brian Murray]

[impact]

some systemd man pages refer to the wrong man section for some references

[test case]

e.g.

$ man systemd.network | grep systemd.syntax
       A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network interfaces, used by systemd-networkd(8). See systemd.syntax(5) for a general description of the syntax.

$ man 5 systemd.syntax
No manual entry for systemd.syntax in section 5

[regression potential]

any regression would possibly cause confusion by referencing the wrong man section, or possibly cause a build failure, or problem with various man pages for systemd

[scope]

this is needed for f/g

there is no systemd.syntax manpage in b or earlier

[original description]

In Ubuntu 20.04 LTS there is no systemd.syntax(5) it is actually systemd.syntax(7).

"See systemd.syntax(5) for a general description of the syntax."

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

this was fixed in groovy with the move to v246

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/245.4-4ubuntu3.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.3) for focal have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

linux-hwe-5.8/5.8.0-25.26~20.04.1 (armhf)
python-dbusmock/0.19-1 (armhf)
lxc/1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 (amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/focal/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

root@lp1882596-f:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.2 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1882596-f:~# man systemd.network | grep systemd.syntax
       A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network interfaces, used by systemd-networkd(8). See systemd.syntax(5) for a general description of the syntax.

root@lp1882596-f:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.3 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1882596-f:~# man systemd.network | grep systemd.syntax
       A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network interfaces, used by systemd-networkd(8). See systemd.syntax(7) for a general description of the syntax.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 245.4-4ubuntu3.3

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systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.3) focal; urgency=medium

  [ Rafael David Tinoco ]
  * d/p/lp1861941-dont-generate-disk-byuuid-for-bcache-uuid.patch:
    Reworded and reintroduced patch to fully explain delta is NOT a fix to
    LP: #1861941 if the bcache-tools patch exists, but should be kept anyway
    as the change makes sense for a better experience to end user.
    (LP: #1861941)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=f8f64b3b58a04a83b1c426818b9affc41e0bff6c

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * d/p/lp1882596-man-fix-some-manvolnum.patch:
    - fix some man section references (LP: #1882596)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=3959ec95eff78d38ec4409807f151572afe83fe9
  * d/p/lp1895418-correct-resolved-conf-cache-default.patch:
    - fix resolved.conf default Cache= value (LP: #1895418)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=ebe274a2b01658ee39b372d7033c35209510b028
  * d/p/lp1897744-resolve-enable-RES_TRUSTAD-towards-the-127.0.0.53-st.patch:
    - add resolv.conf 'trust-ad' option (LP: #1897744)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=f6acc8c620b80adab7b048352d85e722b5ba8214
  * d/t/*:
    - Update tests to fix false negatives (LP: #1892358)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=cee6c31a6caec7888270c9fa8757105ab950ed0c
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=a1c1a2bb0ff27faf84fe94583631dfd0f1f4ed8f
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=9417ce996766c133c2a33d4102ce1494f3166774

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:14:56 -0400