systemd-time-wait-sync.service should be part of systemd-timesyncd package

[Dan Streetman]

[impact]

systemd-time-wait-sync service never completes when systemd-timesyncd package is not installed

[test case]

remove the systemd-timesyncd package and enable the systemd-time-wait-sync service, and reboot. Check status of the service to see it's stuck in 'activating' state, e.g.:

ubuntu@lp1937238-f:~$ sudo systemctl status systemd-time-wait-sync.service
● systemd-time-wait-sync.service - Wait Until Kernel Time Synchronized
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-time-wait-sync.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: activating (start) since Fri 2021-07-23 15:32:12 UTC; 19s ago

[regression potential]

TBD

[scope]

this is needed in f and later

the systemd-timesyncd package was split out from the main systemd package starting in focal, so this problem exists in f and later

the service doesn't exist in b, so this is not needed there

[other info]

originally noticed in bug 1937238, but create this new bug in case that bug was actually a separate problem

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The Hirsute Hippo has reached End of Life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release.

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

Not sure yet about SRU'ing this, but this should at least be fixed in devel.

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

Fixed in https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/merge_requests/267, so we will get it in Ubuntu soon.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 256.4-2ubuntu1

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systemd (256.4-2ubuntu1) oracular; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - debian/tests/tests-in-lxd: run some autopkgtests in LXD too
    - debian/tests/boot-and-services:
      + skip apparmor tests on armhf
      + consume stderr in systemctl status call in test_service
      + drop test_no_failed
    - debian/systemd.postinst:
      + skip daemon-reexec and try-restarts during shutdown
      + manually call systemd-tmpfiles --create in postinst
    - debian/systemd-resolved.postinst: copy existing /etc/resolv.conf to
      /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf
    - debian/rules:
      + Remove unneeded efi artifacts on i386 to avoid debugedit errors
    - debian/rules,debian/control,debian/tests/control:
      + Do not build with tpm libraries on i386
      + Do not build with libqrencode on i386
    - debian/gbp.conf,debian/extra/wrap_cl.py:
      Use a customization script to add LP commit links to changelog
    - debian/control:
      + Add Recommends: networkd-dispatcher systemd-resolved to systemd package
      + Give systemd-resolved Priority: important
      + Add Recommends: systemd-hwe-hwdb to udev package
      + Add Breaks: systemd (<< ${binary:Version}) to udev package so that
        systemd is upgraded as well when upgrading udev
      + Make systemd-sysv Depends: on matching version of systemd
      + Drop Recommends: libnss-myhostname libnss-resolve from systemd-resolved
      + Build-Depends: linux-tools-generic
    - debian/tests/upstream: export QEMU_MEM="1024M" for all tests
    - debian/systemd.links: mask systemd-gpt-auto-generator by default
    - debian/systemd.install: exclude files that are not built for i386
    - debian/systemd.manpages: do not ship un-built manpages on i386
    - debian/tests/control: only install systemd-boot-efi for supported arches
    - switch-root: use MS_MOVE for /run when switchig from initrd
    - debian/systemd.postinst: do not create /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf on upgrades.
      We want the upgrades on Ubuntu to be aligned with what a new install
      would look like.
    - d/control: do not build systemd-boot-efi-{amd64,arm64}-signed-template

systemd (256.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * autopkgtest: allow localectl in localed tests.

 -- Nick Rosbrook <email address hidden> Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:44:28 -0400