Indeed this does not happen any more with the upstream master build from https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/ubuntu/systemd/+packages, so 233 will fix this.
** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620780 Title: dev-sda2.device job running and times out Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: $ lxc launch ubuntu-daily:yakkety y4 $ lxc exec y3 -- systemctl list-jobs JOB UNIT TYPE STATE 5 dev-sda2.device start running 1 jobs listed. $ lxc exec y3 -- cat /etc/cloud/build.info build_name: server serial: 20160902 $ lxc exec y3 -- systemd-analyze Startup finished in 1min 30.373s (userspace) = 6d 2h 27min 41.963s $ lxc exec y3 -- journalctl > yakkety-lxd-journalctl.txt $ lxc exec y3 -- systemctl status dev-sda2.device ● dev-sda2.device Loaded: loaded Active: activating (tentative) since Tue 2016-09-06 18:38:31 UTC; 4min 39s ago Sep 06 18:40:01 y3 systemd[1]: dev-sda2.device: Job dev-sda2.device/start timed out. Sep 06 18:40:01 y3 systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-sda2.device. Sep 06 18:40:01 y3 systemd[1]: dev-sda2.device: Job dev-sda2.device/start failed with result 'timeout'. Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: systemd 231-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 6 18:38:48 2016 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-9136-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=f897b32a-eacf-4191-9717-844918947069 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1620780/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp