[Bug 1823093] [NEW] cannot be installed in containers

[Michael Hudson-Doyle]

Public bug reported:

Which is bad now that the ubuntu-server metapackage depends on it.

Setting up multipath-tools (0.7.4-2ubuntu4) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multipath-tools.service → /lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/multipathd.service → /lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service.
multipathd.socket is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Job for multipathd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core.
See "systemctl status multipathd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "start" failed.
● multipathd.service - Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Wed 2019-04-03 23:18:54 UTC; 10ms ago
  Process: 3067 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe -a scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac dm-multipath (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 3068 ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd -d -s (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
 Main PID: 3068 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
   Status: "configure"

Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: read /etc/multipath.conf
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: path checkers start up
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: /dev/mapper/control: mknod failed: Operation not permitted
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.145 (2017-11-03) and kernel driver (unknown version).
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: (urcu-call-rcu-impl.h:call_rcu_data_init at 438) Unrecoverable error: Resource temporarily unavailable
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: multipathd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: multipathd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: Failed to start Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller.
dpkg: error processing package multipath-tools (--configure):
 installed multipath-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

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Title:
  cannot be installed in containers

Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Which is bad now that the ubuntu-server metapackage depends on it.

  Setting up multipath-tools (0.7.4-2ubuntu4) ...
  Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multipath-tools.service → /lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service.
  Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/multipathd.service → /lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service.
  multipathd.socket is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
  Job for multipathd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core.
  See "systemctl status multipathd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript multipath-tools, action "start" failed.
  ● multipathd.service - Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Wed 2019-04-03 23:18:54 UTC; 10ms ago
    Process: 3067 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe -a scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac dm-multipath (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
    Process: 3068 ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd -d -s (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
   Main PID: 3068 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
     Status: "configure"

  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: read /etc/multipath.conf
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: path checkers start up
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: /dev/mapper/control: mknod failed: Operation not permitted
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.145 (2017-11-03) and kernel driver (unknown version).
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco multipathd[3068]: (urcu-call-rcu-impl.h:call_rcu_data_init at 438) Unrecoverable error: Resource temporarily unavailable
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: multipathd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: multipathd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
  Apr 03 23:18:54 disco systemd[1]: Failed to start Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller.
  dpkg: error processing package multipath-tools (--configure):
   installed multipath-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

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