[Bug 1579580] Re: ureadahead reports relative path errors in journalctl output

[Dan Streetman]

** Description changed:

  [impact]
  
  ureadahead logs thousands of lines of useless noise on each boot.
  
  [test case]
  
  install bionic on physical hardware (ureadhead doesn't run under virt)
  and check the boot logs:
  
  #journalctl -m | grep ureadahead | wc -l
  30244
+ 
+ 
+ ureadahead stores its data in /var/lib/ureadahead/pack so on future boots, it doesn't print as many noise messages (if any), until the pack file is a month or more old, at which time it recreates it (at the next boot) and prints all the noise out again.
+ 
+ to reproduce this test case without waiting a month, just remove the
+ pack file and reboot.
+ 
  
  [regression potential]
  
  very little, adding the -q param only causes libnih to switch to quiet
  mode.  any regression would likely be around ureadahead not starting at
  all, which really wouldn't be that bad anyway, as ureadahead has been
  removed entirely from Ubuntu starting in cosmic.
  
  [other info]
  
  original description:
  
  --
  
  ureadahead reports relative path errors in my journalctl output.
  
  This is currently 4368 lines of useless annoyances in my logs.
  
  To see if you have this problem, run: journalctl -b | grep ureadahead |
  grep relative | wc -l
  
  Thanks
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ureadahead 0.100.0-19
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  8 15:55:18 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-04 (34 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160325)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ureadahead
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  ureadahead reports relative path errors in journalctl output

Status in ureadahead package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in ureadahead source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [impact]

  ureadahead logs thousands of lines of useless noise on each boot.

  [test case]

  install bionic on physical hardware (ureadhead doesn't run under virt)
  and check the boot logs:

  #journalctl -m | grep ureadahead | wc -l
  30244

  
  ureadahead stores its data in /var/lib/ureadahead/pack so on future boots, it doesn't print as many noise messages (if any), until the pack file is a month or more old, at which time it recreates it (at the next boot) and prints all the noise out again.

  to reproduce this test case without waiting a month, just remove the
  pack file and reboot.

  
  [regression potential]

  very little, adding the -q param only causes libnih to switch to quiet
  mode.  any regression would likely be around ureadahead not starting
  at all, which really wouldn't be that bad anyway, as ureadahead has
  been removed entirely from Ubuntu starting in cosmic.

  [other info]

  original description:

  --

  ureadahead reports relative path errors in my journalctl output.

  This is currently 4368 lines of useless annoyances in my logs.

  To see if you have this problem, run: journalctl -b | grep ureadahead
  | grep relative | wc -l

  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ureadahead 0.100.0-19
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  8 15:55:18 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-04 (34 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160325)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ureadahead
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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