[Bug 1061639] Re: Upstartification of /etc/init.d/networking has lost deconfiguring-networking event causing bad side-effects

[Steve Langasek]

Stéphane, this is a regression in the latest upload that needs to be
fixed for release.  Thanks!

** Also affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: High
       Status: New

** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu Quantal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Stéphane Graber (stgraber)

** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  Upstartification of /etc/init.d/networking has lost deconfiguring-
  networking event causing bad side-effects

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ifupdown” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In precise, /etc/init.d/networking was a true SysV service script that
  did the following:

  initctl emit deconfiguring-networking

  In quantal, /etc/init.d/networking is now using the upstart-job
  symlink back to the upstart job /etc/init/networking.conf.

  The problem is that the 'deconfiguring-networking' is no longer being
  emitted. This causes dbus to fail to stop on system shutdown which
  causes a cascading effect whereby other Upstart jobs are also not shut
  down. Eventually, the system halt with the message:

  mount: / is busy

  This results in a unclean shutdown which can result in FSCK being run
  / slow / bad user boot experience.

  The two main options here are:

  1) Re-instate the 'deconfiguring-networking' event.
  2) Change the dbus 'stop on' condition and update upstart-events.7 to remove 'deconfiguring-networking'.

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