[Bug 1860676] [NEW] apt-get dist-upgrade -y hangs during e2fsprogs update

[Jonathan Kamens]

Public bug reported:

My recent apt-get dist-upgrade -y hung here:

...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
e2scrub_all.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it.

I did a pstree on the apt-get process and saw this:

apt-get(31290)───dpkg(562)───e2fsprogs.posti(587)───systemctl(722
)───systemd-tty-ask(863)

Relevant processes:

root       863  0.0  0.0  15976  5996 pts/12   S+   09:13   0:00 /bin/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --watch
root       722  0.0  0.0  19668  3672 pts/12   S+   09:13   0:00 /bin/systemctl restart e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_reap.service

I killed the systemd-tty-ask-password-agent process, and it became
defunct but didn't die. So I killed the systemctl restart process, and
the upgrade continued, apparently without noticing that the systemctl
restart failed, which is a separate issue.

When I ran "sudo systemctl restart e2scrub_all.timer
e2scrub_reap.service" from the command line after the upgrade, it also
hung with systemd-tty-ask-password-agent apparently waiting for
something, so this problem isn't unique to upgrades.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: e2fsprogs 1.45.3-4ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-26.28-generic 5.3.13
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 23 09:37:04 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-12 (132 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-20 (125 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-10-23T16:51:18.143596

** Affects: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan wayland-session

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Title:
  apt-get dist-upgrade -y hangs during e2fsprogs update

Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My recent apt-get dist-upgrade -y hung here:

  ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  e2scrub_all.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it.

  I did a pstree on the apt-get process and saw this:

  apt-get(31290)───dpkg(562)───e2fsprogs.posti(587)───systemctl(722
  )───systemd-tty-ask(863)

  Relevant processes:

  root       863  0.0  0.0  15976  5996 pts/12   S+   09:13   0:00 /bin/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --watch
  root       722  0.0  0.0  19668  3672 pts/12   S+   09:13   0:00 /bin/systemctl restart e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_reap.service

  I killed the systemd-tty-ask-password-agent process, and it became
  defunct but didn't die. So I killed the systemctl restart process, and
  the upgrade continued, apparently without noticing that the systemctl
  restart failed, which is a separate issue.

  When I ran "sudo systemctl restart e2scrub_all.timer
  e2scrub_reap.service" from the command line after the upgrade, it also
  hung with systemd-tty-ask-password-agent apparently waiting for
  something, so this problem isn't unique to upgrades.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: e2fsprogs 1.45.3-4ubuntu2.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-26.28-generic 5.3.13
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Jan 23 09:37:04 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-12 (132 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-20 (125 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-10-23T16:51:18.143596

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