FS#51275 - Update to systemd 231-3 crashes system

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Klaus (Icecube63) - Friday, 07 October 2016, 16:30 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Saturday, 08 October 2016, 18:29 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

Last update of systemd to version 231-3 crashes one of my system during update and let it reboot, the other after the update and kill X.
See also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=217847&p=2 and https://bbs.archlinux.de/viewtopic.php?pid=349474#p349474
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Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Saturday, 08 October 2016, 18:29 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  systemd-231-4 no longer reexecs on upgrade from 231-{1,2}
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 07 October 2016, 16:36 GMT
It's a bug in 231-1, not 231-3. Unfortunately, there isn't much that can be done to fix this.
Comment by Klaus (Icecube63) - Friday, 07 October 2016, 16:58 GMT
Ok. I think a possibel workaround is to exclude systemd, libsystemd and systemd-sysvcompatfrom upgrading, then update them in a seperate step. So you would minimize the risk to crash during update
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 07 October 2016, 17:23 GMT
To be clear: there's no "crash". You'll have to reboot, but it's feasible to do so cleanly.

I'll push a 231-4 which excludes the reexec on upgrade if the old version is 231-1. That'll cause different problems, but it won't be an immediate loss of X session.

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