Bug#1110442: unblock (pre-approval) or trixie-pu: glibc/2.41-12
Control: tags -1 confirmed moreinfo
On 2025-08-05 19:12:56 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: glibc@packages.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:glibc
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
>
> [ Reason ]
> The reason for this new version is bug #1110414 which causes some
> systems to die (spontaneous reboot + impossible boot) when they have
> systemd-sysv installed. It is not clear at this stage if there are
> additional conditions.
>
> This is due to an improper restore of the code when fixing bug #1108193.
> Thanks to Helmut for providing the fix quickly.
>
> [ Impact ]
> Without the fix systems die during bookworm to trixie upgrade.
>
> [ Tests ]
> This has been tested by Samuel Thibault:
> https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc/-/merge_requests/30#note_636051
>
> [ Risks ]
> The change is very targeted, so the risk is quite low.
>
> [ Checklist ]
> [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
> [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
> [x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
>
> [ Other info ]
> I fully understand this arrives quite late in the release process. If it
> is not possible to accept this change, please consider that as a
> trixie-pu request for the next point release.
Let's do this via unstable and get into trixie before Saturday. Please
remove the moreinfo tag once the package is in unstable and built
everywhere.
> unblock glibc/2.41-12
> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
> index 85356f8e..7301a97b 100644
> --- a/debian/changelog
> +++ b/debian/changelog
> @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
> +glibc (2.41-12) unstable; urgency=medium
> +
> + [ Helmut Grohne ]
> + * debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst: Don't restart systemd when it does not
> + work.
> +
> + -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:00:45 +0200
> +
> glibc (2.41-11) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> * debian/patches/git-updates.diff: update from upstream stable branch:
> diff --git a/debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst b/debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst
> index b5a84a4f..33b1062e 100644
> --- a/debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst
> +++ b/debian/debhelper.in/libc.postinst
> @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ then
> # (if systemd --help fails the system might still be quite broken but
> # that seems better than the kernel panic that results if systemd
> # cannot reexec itself).
> - if command -v systemd >/dev/null; then
> + if systemd --help >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
> systemctl daemon-reexec
Are there cases where systemd --help would succeed but systemdctl
daemon-reexec cold still be broken?
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
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