On 22-7-2019 18:57, Hans van Kranenburg wrote: > Hi niek, > > Thanks for the report! > > On 7/22/19 8:32 PM, niek wrote: >> Package: xen-hypervisor-4.11-amd64 >> Version: 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-2 >> >> What happened: >> - upgraded Debian Xen Dom0 from stretch to buster and rebooted, as >> described in >> https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html >> >> - started some Linux pv domu without problems >> >> - removed obsolete packages with 'apt autoremove'. This removed (among >> others) >> xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11), >> libxen-4.8:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11), >> xen-utils-4.8:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11) >> >> [...] >> - xenconsoled was not running >> >> - searching system logs revealed that xenconsoled seemed to have stopped >> when 'apt autoremove' removed the obsolete xen 4.8 >> packages after upgrading to xen 4.11. > > Well, there it is again. We tried to make a fix, exactly for this... > > https://salsa.debian.org/xen-team/debian-xen/commit/ef242a700765a971a6afc12d25ee19944dd3a27a > > ...and apparently there's another scenario in which even this doesn't work? > > Can you show the lines from /var/log/dpkg.log from that moment, the > seconds around 07:38:40? It tells exactly what got removed, in what > second, just to confirm? > > I'm pretty sure I tried to reproduce this after we added the fix I just > referenced, and I was unable to. So, I'm very interested in finding out > what's still going on here. > > Usually being able to reproduce a problem is one of the biggest steps > towards finding a solution. (since it can be done over and over again, > finding out what exactly causes it). So, finding the right sequence of > steps to make it happen again is crucial here. > > Do you think the systemd reload has anything to do with it? Maybe the > whole systemd init-script-wrapper-trickery is misbehaving in some way? > > Can you reproduce this by manually grabbing the > xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64, libxen-4.8 and xen-utils-4.8 from stretch > again, installing them and removing them again? Do you have any other idea? > > Thanks, > Hans >
Hi Hans, Thanks for your work with Ian getting xen 4.11 in buster! Very happy with that. I seem to remember seeing 'processing triggers for systemd' somewhere, sometime, but I can't confirm that from the logs so it probably was at another stage of the upgrade. This is a production system, so I will not try to reproduce this by reinstalling the 4.8 packages as you suggested. There is, however an identical server that I still need to upgrade, so I will be able to look closely what happens with that. Here are the relevant lines from dpkg.conf: 2019-07-21 07:38:39 status installed python3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:39 remove python3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:39 status half-configured python3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:39 status half-installed python3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status config-files python3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status installed libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 remove libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status half-configured libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status half-installed libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status config-files libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 3.5.3-1+deb9u1 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status installed xen-utils-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:40 remove xen-utils-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:40 status half-configured xen-utils-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-installed xen-utils-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status config-files xen-utils-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status not-installed xen-utils-4.8:amd64 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status installed libxen-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 remove libxen-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-configured libxen-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-installed libxen-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status config-files libxen-4.8:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status not-installed libxen-4.8:amd64 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status installed python3-distutils:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 remove python3-distutils:all 3.7.3-1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-configured python3-distutils:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-installed python3-distutils:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status config-files python3-distutils:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status not-installed python3-distutils:all <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status installed python3-lib2to3:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 remove python3-lib2to3:all 3.7.3-1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-configured python3-lib2to3:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-installed python3-lib2to3:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status config-files python3-lib2to3:all 3.7.3-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status not-installed python3-lib2to3:all <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status installed rename:all 1.10-1 2019-07-21 07:38:41 remove rename:all 1.10-1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:41 status half-configured rename:all 1.10-1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-installed rename:all 1.10-1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status config-files rename:all 1.10-1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status not-installed rename:all <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status installed xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 remove xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status triggers-pending sgml-base:all 1.29 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status triggers-awaited xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-configured xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-installed xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status config-files xml-core:all 0.18+nmu1 2019-07-21 07:38:42 remove sgml-base:all 1.29 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-configured sgml-base:all 1.29 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-installed sgml-base:all 1.29 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status config-files sgml-base:all 1.29 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status installed tcpd:amd64 7.6.q-28 2019-07-21 07:38:42 remove tcpd:amd64 7.6.q-28 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-configured tcpd:amd64 7.6.q-28 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-installed tcpd:amd64 7.6.q-28 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status config-files tcpd:amd64 7.6.q-28 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status not-installed tcpd:amd64 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status installed xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:42 remove xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 <none> 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-configured xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:38:42 status half-installed xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:39:41 status config-files xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 2019-07-21 07:39:41 startup packages configure 2019-07-21 07:39:41 trigproc libc-bin:amd64 2.28-10 <none> 2019-07-21 07:39:41 status half-configured libc-bin:amd64 2.28-10 2019-07-21 07:39:41 status installed libc-bin:amd64 2.28-10 2019-07-21 07:39:41 trigproc man-db:amd64 2.8.5-2 <none> 2019-07-21 07:39:41 status half-configured man-db:amd64 2.8.5-2 And here is the relevant portion of /var/log/history.log: Start-Date: 2019-07-21 07:38:37 Commandline: apt autoremove Requested-By: [user] Remove: liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64 (2.02.168-2), libisccfg140:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), python3-distutils:amd64 (3.7.3-1), sgml-base:amd64 (1.29), rename:amd64 (1.10-1), libicu57:amd64 (57.1-6+deb9u2), python3.5:amd64 (3.5.3-1+deb9u1), python3.5-minimal:amd64 (3.5.3-1+deb9u1), libisc160:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), libperl5.24:amd64 (5.24.1-3+deb9u5), xml-core:amd64 (0.18+nmu1), libapparmor-perl:amd64 (2.13.2-10), guile-2.0-libs:amd64 (2.0.13+1-5.1), liblvm2app2.2:amd64 (2.02.168-2), liblwres141:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), tcpd:amd64 (7.6.q-28), python3-lib2to3:amd64 (3.7.3-1), xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11), dh-python:amd64 (3.20190308), libxen-4.8:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11), libdns162:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), libisccc140:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), libpython3.5-stdlib:amd64 (3.5.3-1+deb9u1), libbind9-140:amd64 (1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5), libpython3.5-minimal:amd64 (3.5.3-1+deb9u1), xen-utils-4.8:amd64 (4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11) End-Date: 2019-07-21 07:39:44 niek
