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fredbezies

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[systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

I've done this mistake.

I had to chroot using an usb key with last archlinux ISO on it to downgrade to systemd 231-4.

Bug reported : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/51693

And upstream : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4575

Last edited by fredbezies (2016-11-06 06:59:06)

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

You might ask yourself why it says it is starting 231.

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fredbezies

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

You might ask yourself why it says it is starting 231.

Because I did not produce a new kernel image with mkinitcpio. "starting version XXX" message is refreshed with mkinitcpio, or am I wrong ? It is the case since systemd was chosen back in october 2012. At least if I remember well

Downgrading to 231-4 fixes the problem.

Edit : tried with mkinicpio -p linux... Same bug. So it is really a systemd 232-1 bug.

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fredbezies

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

More infos on this bug. I cannot reproduce it on my toshiba laptop which is a 64 bit installation. 32bit only bug ? Something else ? Will try my main PC, which is a 64 bit installation... Keeping fingers crossed.

Looks like it a 32bit only bug

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

Please edit your first post and choose a title that is less histrionic and actually reflects your issue...

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fredbezies

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

Edit done. Sorry.

byte

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

(Why oh why did I have to reboot this time.... totally unnecessary and those 20 minutes to fix it were damned precious!)

For anyone else running into this, you can use this workaround in the emergency shell (or downgrade by other means, whatever works best for you):

find /etc/systemd /usr/lib/systemd -name '*.service' | xargs grep -l ^RestrictAddressFamilies | xargs sed -r 's/^RestrictAddressFamilies=(.*)/#RestrictAddressFamilies=\1/' -i

Edit: yes, you're not supposed to modify stuff in /usr/lib/systemd directly ... but systemd isn't supposed to introduce major showstopper bugs like these, and the next package with the fix will overwrite the edits anyway.

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fredbezies

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Re: [systemd] Do not upgrade to systemd 232-1 on 32bit installations

(Why oh why did I have to reboot this time.... totally unnecessary and those 20 minutes to fix it were damned precious!)

For anyone else running into this, you can use this workaround in the emergency shell (or downgrade by other means, whatever works best for you):

find /etc/systemd /usr/lib/systemd -name '*.service' | xargs grep -l ^RestrictAddressFamilies | xargs sed -r 's/^RestrictAddressFamilies=(.*)/#RestrictAddressFamilies=\1/' -i

Edit: yes, you're not supposed to modify stuff in /usr/lib/systemd directly ... but systemd isn't supposed to introduce major showstopper bugs like these, and the next package with the fix will overwrite the edits anyway.

Bug reported upstream : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4575

If you want to follow progress. Adding bug report to first message too.