Your message dated Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:48:38 +0000
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Bug#1129339: fixed in elogind 255.17-1debian5
has caused the Debian Bug report #1129339,
regarding org.freedesktop.login1.service Exec=/bin/true causes apt delay if
elogind is not running
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Package: apt
Version: 3.0.3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Before invoking dpkg to perform the work, apt-get connects to DBUS in
order to make the seat-manager inhibit shutdowns.
If you don't have systemd-logind or elogind running (because e.g. you
were forced to install elogind as a dependency, but you disabled
it), this hangs for 25 seconds, until dbus reports timeout on
org.freedesktop.login1.
A quick and dirty workaround consists in putting
DPkg::Inhibit-Shutdown "false";
in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d. I could not find references to that
option in apt.conf(5), and had to search in the source code
(apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc) to discover it. Therefore I kindly ask the
developers to document it, maybe together with Binary::apt::Pager [1].
Perhaps I am an old beard, but IMHO a package manager that depends on an
external daemon (and more generally on libsystemd) for something that
could be implemented with a lock file is a terrible idea. Sooner or
later, someone will rewrite "ls" or "date" to call into dbus, and maybe
also contact remote servers, just to be sure...
Best regards,
g.
[1] BTW I've been seeing "WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI
interface. Use with caution in scripts" for years, because of course why
add "| less" (or "| grep something") when you have a helpful internal
pager stuck in your throat?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
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Source: elogind
Source-Version: 255.17-1debian5
Done: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
elogind, 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 [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mark Hindley <[email protected]> (supplier of updated elogind package)
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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:51:04 +0000
Source: elogind
Architecture: source
Version: 255.17-1debian5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Ecosystem Init Diversity Team
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mark Hindley <[email protected]>
Closes: 1127149 1129339
Changes:
elogind (255.17-1debian5) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Revert "d/rules: fix arm64 FTBFS with gcc 15." (Closes: #1127149)
* d/p/Disable_Dbus_activation_by_default.patch: change to Exec=bin/false to
avoid Dbus callers hanging if elogind has been disabled. (Closes:
#1129339)
* d/elogind.init: match correct name of running daemon.
* Lintian fixes:-
- rename appstream metainfo file using rDNS to match cid.
- d/control: update selinux B-D to libselinux-dev.
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