[Bug 1502097] Re: packages fail to install/upgrade: Connection timed out

[Martin Pitt]

systemd < 228 had a race condition which caused occasional lockups on
upgrades or other operations which involved (re)starting processes,
systemctl daemon-reload, and similar. This got analyzed upstream in
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/1505 and finally got fixed in
228. Thus I mark this as closed in xenial, but it still affects wily and
(much less often) trusty.

** Summary changed:

- packages fail to install/upgrade: Connection timed out ("Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little")
+ packages fail to install/upgrade: Connection timed out

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #798242
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798242

** Also affects: systemd (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798242
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Wily)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Wily)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  packages fail to install/upgrade: Connection timed out

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd source package in Wily:
  Confirmed
Status in systemd package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Package upgrades that call systemd daemon-reload, or start a service
  sometimes fail with an error like

  Setting up udev (225-1ubuntu5) ...
  addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
  Failed to restart udev.service: Connection timed out

  This gets logged a lot when this happens:
  systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.


  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: udev 225-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-11.13-generic 4.2.1
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct  2 05:49:42 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:udev:225-1ubuntu5:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-02 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150924)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-11-generic root=UUID=e5c0431b-fff3-4b45-8595-5afb62f714c8 ro quiet splash
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu4
   apt  1.0.9.10ubuntu7
  SourcePackage: systemd
  Title: package udev 225-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
  dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.board.version: 1.2
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.product.version: 1.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

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