Debian Bug report logs - #992649
run-parts in /usr/bin breaks systemd-cron

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: run-parts in /usr/bin breaks systemd-cron

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 14:12:14 -0400

Package: debianutils
Version: 5.3-1
Severity: important

Hi,

systemd-cron's cron targets fail without being able to invoke
/bin/run-parts, e.g.:

    ● cron-daily.service - systemd-cron daily script service
         Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron-daily.service; static)
         Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-08-21 06:25:03 EDT; 41ms ago
           Docs: man:systemd.cron(7)
        Process: 833540 ExecStartPre=/lib/systemd-cron/boot_delay 5 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        Process: 833541 ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
       Main PID: 833541 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
            CPU: 27ms

    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: Starting systemd-cron daily script service...
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[833541]: cron-daily.service: Failed to locate executable /bin/run-parts: No such file or directory
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[833541]: cron-daily.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /bin/run-parts: No such file or directory
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-cron daily script service.
    Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages debianutils depends on:
ii  libc6  2.31-16

debianutils recommends no packages.

debianutils suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds@debian.org

Message #10 received at 992649@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Clint Adams <clint@debian.org>

To: Robert Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org>, 992649@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#992649: run-parts in /usr/bin breaks systemd-cron

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 18:32:17 +0000

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 02:12:14PM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> systemd-cron's cron targets fail without being able to invoke
> /bin/run-parts, e.g.:
> 
>     ● cron-daily.service - systemd-cron daily script service
>          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron-daily.service; static)
>          Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-08-21 06:25:03 EDT; 41ms ago
>            Docs: man:systemd.cron(7)
>         Process: 833540 ExecStartPre=/lib/systemd-cron/boot_delay 5 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>         Process: 833541 ExecStart=/bin/run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
>        Main PID: 833541 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
>             CPU: 27ms
> 
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: Starting systemd-cron daily script service...
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[833541]: cron-daily.service: Failed to locate executable /bin/run-parts: No such file or directory
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[833541]: cron-daily.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /bin/run-parts: No such file or directory
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-cron daily script service.
>     Aug 21 06:25:03 chase systemd[1]: cron-daily.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.

It looks like systemd-cron is hard-coding the path to run-parts in two places:

 * cron-boot.service
 * cron-schedule.service

If this gets fixed, debianutils can add a Breaks for the appropriate
version of systemd-cron.

Message #17 received at 992649@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

To: 992649@bugs.debian.org, Robert Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org>, Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

Subject: run-parts in /usr/bin breaks systemd-cron

Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2022 19:03:28 +0100

Hi,

I found this bug by luck.
I miss the context (why ? UsrMerge ?)

I can build systemd-cron like this during the transition:

./configure --runparts="/usr/bin/env run-parts"

Greetings,

Alexandre Detiste

Message #22 received at 992649@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org>

To: 992649@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Debian Systemd Maintainers <pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Subject: Re: run-parts in /usr/bin breaks systemd-cron

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:39:11 +0100

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 19:03:28 +0100 Alexandre Detiste 
<alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> wrote:
> ./configure --runparts="/usr/bin/env run-parts"

The changelog of debianutils 5.0-1 (Aug 2021) shows:
  * Move run-parts to /usr/bin

I guess there are 2 ways to fix this.

Either a compat link (or a script with a deprecation warning) should be 
provided by debianutils as /bin/run-parts or systemd-cron should be modified
to use /usr/bin/run-parts.

What's preventing such a fix ?

Note that locate is also impacted by this bug :

$ locate foobarbaz
locate: warning: database ‘/var/cache/locate/locatedb’ is more than 8 jours 
old (actual age is 135,0 jours)

All the best

Dod

Message #27 received at 992649-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 992649-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#992649: fixed in debianutils 5.6-0.1

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:33:53 +0000

Source: debianutils
Source-Version: 5.6-0.1
Done: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debianutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 992649@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> (supplier of updated debianutils package)

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 23:12:40 +0100
Source: debianutils
Architecture: source
Version: 5.6-0.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Clint Adams <clint@debian.org>
Changed-By: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Closes: 992481 992615 992639 992649 993582 993700 1000866
Changes:
 debianutils (5.6-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Implement CTTE ruling #994275.
   * Revert deprecation of which (no. 2).
     closes: #993582, #993700
   * Restore tempfile (no. 4).
   * Revert move to /usr (no. 5).
     closes: #992481, #992615, #992639, #992649
   * Remove not longer applicable NEWS entry.
   * Force creation of translated man-pages to fix all build.
 .
   [ Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues ]
   * also distribute *.po files and *.add files in dist tarball
     (closes: #1000866)
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