I tested this using my reproduction method in AWS EC2 with a test package/PPA provided by Eric@Ubuntu (slashd) containing the commit referenced in comment #6.
All looks good now - systemd units for ZFS no longer fail. Thanks for moving this along! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to zfs-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607920 Title: zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the deployment image Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in zfs-linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] * zfs services fail on firstboot if zfs-utils is integrated into the deployment image. * Output from systemd - sudo systemctl --failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION ● zfs-import-scan.service loaded failed failed Import ZFS pools by device scanning ● zfs-mount.service loaded failed failed Mount ZFS filesystems * This is particularly frustrating for users who use automated monitoring as it means virtual machines must always be restarted before showing as clean. * This failure is due to zfs services starting up before /etc/mtab has a chance to be symlinked to /proc/mounts. [Test Case] 1. Grab a stock xenial image, and unpack it and add zfs-utils to it. Repack it. 2. Boot machine 3. Check systemctl --failed. [Regression Potential] * [Other Info] * This can likely be resolved in the systemd init scripts, by modifying zfs-linux to depend on /proc/mounts instead, or inclusion of /lib/init/mount-functions.sh in initscripts (sysvinit). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1607920/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
