[Bug 1201506] [NEW] upstart jobs broken and will not start after Debian merge

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

The upstart job of the new isc-dhcp-server package in saucy will not
start, failing with this error:

Setting up isc-dhcp-server (4.2.4-7ubuntu1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript isc-dhcp-server, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing isc-dhcp-server (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

/var/log/upstart/isc-dhcp-server.log shows:

dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix the config file.
The error was: 
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.4
Copyright 2004-2012 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Usage: dhcpd [-p <UDP port #>] [-f] [-d] [-q] [-t|-T]
             [-4|-6] [-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file]
             [-tf trace-output-file]
             [-play trace-input-file]
             [-pf pid-file] [--no-pid] [-s server]
             [if0 [...ifN]]

This is also reproducible on the commandline with:

sudo dhcpd -user dhcpd -group dhcpd -t -q -4 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

I have no idea why this has suddenly started to fail after a package
update, given that it's not a new upstream version; but clearly
something has changed in the semantics of the dhcpd command, and the
upstart job has not kept up.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: isc-dhcp-server 4.2.4-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 15 09:28:18 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1025 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: isc-dhcp
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (69 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.dhcp.dhcpd.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.dhcp.dhcpd.conf: 2011-03-24T17:34:42

** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Matthias Klose (doko)
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy

** Changed in: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klose (doko)

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Title:
  upstart jobs broken and will not start after Debian merge

Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The upstart job of the new isc-dhcp-server package in saucy will not
  start, failing with this error:

  Setting up isc-dhcp-server (4.2.4-7ubuntu1) ...
  start: Job failed to start
  invoke-rc.d: initscript isc-dhcp-server, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: error processing isc-dhcp-server (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  /var/log/upstart/isc-dhcp-server.log shows:

  dhcpd self-test failed. Please fix the config file.
  The error was: 
  Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.2.4
  Copyright 2004-2012 Internet Systems Consortium.
  All rights reserved.
  Usage: dhcpd [-p <UDP port #>] [-f] [-d] [-q] [-t|-T]
               [-4|-6] [-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file]
               [-tf trace-output-file]
               [-play trace-input-file]
               [-pf pid-file] [--no-pid] [-s server]
               [if0 [...ifN]]

  This is also reproducible on the commandline with:

  sudo dhcpd -user dhcpd -group dhcpd -t -q -4 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

  I have no idea why this has suddenly started to fail after a package
  update, given that it's not a new upstream version; but clearly
  something has changed in the semantics of the dhcpd command, and the
  upstart job has not kept up.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: isc-dhcp-server 4.2.4-7ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul 15 09:28:18 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1025 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: isc-dhcp
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (69 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.dhcp.dhcpd.conf: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.dhcp.dhcpd.conf: 2011-03-24T17:34:42

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