[SRU] BIRD 1.4.0-1 fails to start on Ubuntu 14.04

[Cory Benfield]

[Impact]
Unable to install bird package on 14.04

[Test Case]
sudo apt-get install bird

[Regression Potential]
Minimal - fix included in later packaging versions since 14.04

[Original bug report]
When installing BIRD on Ubuntu 14.04, installation fails because bird6 fails to start. The console log is:

ubuntu@host:~$ sudo apt-get install bird
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  bird
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 306 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,074 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe bird amd64 1.4.0-1 [306 kB]
Fetched 306 kB in 0s (1,350 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package bird.
(Reading database ... 85461 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../bird_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking bird (1.4.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up bird (1.4.0-1) ...
bird start/running, process 7015
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript bird6, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package bird (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bird
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The syslog contains the following relevant lines:

Jul 15 10:26:21 host bird: Chosen router ID 172.18.197.82 according to interface eth9
Jul 15 10:26:21 host bird: Started
Jul 15 10:26:21 host bird6: /etc/bird/bird6.conf, line 1: Router ID must be configured manually on IPv6 routers

In bird6.conf the "router id" line is commented out and has an incorrect IP address on it. Uncommenting it and setting the machine's IPv4 address as the router id, then running "dpkg --configure -a" fixes the problem.

Either bird6 should not be launched at package install time or an appropriate router ID should be configured in bird6.conf.

[Ondřej Surý (ondrej)]

> Either bird6 should not be launched at package install time or an appropriate router ID should be configured in bird6.conf.

Or Ubuntu should take more care about the package version they pull...

bird (1.4.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Enable default example router id because it's mandatory for IPv6

 -- Ondřej Surý <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:59:35 +0100

Just use the official Bird PPA for now (https://launchpad.net/~cz.nic-labs/+archive/ubuntu/bird)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Cory Benfield (cory-benfield)]

This also appears to affect precise, which is version 1.3.4-1.

[James Page (james-page)]

>= utopic is fine as it has the required fixes; need to pick back for 12.04 and 14.04.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[James Page (james-page)]

Uploaded to proposed for SRU team review, along with another upstart fix and a fix for the ftbfs in 14.04

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Cory, or anyone else affected,

Accepted bird into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bird/1.4.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 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 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, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

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

[Cory Benfield (cory-benfield)]

Tested 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1, this bug appears to be fixed there.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bird - 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

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bird (1.4.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Fixup misc issues with starting bird, cherry picked from Debian:
    - Enable default example router id because it's mandatory for IPv6
      (LP: #1342173).
    - Add 'exec' before bird execution in upstart jobs, ensuring that
      bird processes are correctly tracked (LP: #1463808).
  * d/p/fixup-ftbfs.patch: Cherry pick fix from upstream VCS, resolving
    build failure due to conflicting definitions.

 -- James Page <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:10:51 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for bird has completed successfully and the package has now been 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.