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and subject line Re: Bug#1104513: Podman services stop but don't restart during
package updates
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: podman
Version: 5.4.2+ds1-1
The podman package maintainer scripts will stop podman systemd
services during a package update but never restart them afterwards.
This is surprising for administrators that have enabled any of these
services either manually or from a previous version that had them
enabled by default. Administrators will now see podman services stop
every time a podman package update happens and will have to restart
them manually. The services remain enabled so a reboot would also
restart them. If a service is running at package update time it should
remain running afterwards.
This behavior was introduced in 5.4.1+ds1-1.
Here is an example of enabling a podman service and simulating a package update:
---------------
$ sudo apt install podman
Installing:
podman
Suggested packages:
docker-compose
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 1
Download size: 24.7 MB
Space needed: 87.5 MB / 5797 MB available
Get:1 file:/etc/apt/mirrors/debian.list Mirrorlist [30 B]
Get:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 podman amd64
5.4.2+ds1-1 [24.7 MB]
Fetched 24.7 MB in 0s (51.4 MB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package podman.
(Reading database ... 76310 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../podman_5.4.2+ds1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking podman (5.4.2+ds1-1) ...
Setting up podman (5.4.2+ds1-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.0-1) ...
$ systemctl status podman.socket
○ podman.socket - Podman API Socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.socket; disabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Triggers: ● podman.service
Docs: man:podman-system-service(1)
Listen: /run/podman/podman.sock (Stream)
$ sudo systemctl enable --now podman.socket
Created symlink
'/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/podman.socket' →
'/usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.socket'.
$ systemctl status podman.socket
● podman.socket - Podman API Socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.socket; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: active (listening) since Thu 2025-05-01 11:29:25 UTC; 2s ago
Invocation: ff25332b735d4f5ab92ae30a9c53d19c
Triggers: ● podman.service
Docs: man:podman-system-service(1)
Listen: /run/podman/podman.sock (Stream)
CGroup: /system.slice/podman.socket
$ sudo apt install podman --reinstall
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Reinstalling: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 1
Download size: 24.7 MB
Space needed: 0 B / 5708 MB available
Get:1 file:/etc/apt/mirrors/debian.list Mirrorlist [30 B]
Get:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 podman amd64
5.4.2+ds1-1 [24.7 MB]
Fetched 24.7 MB in 0s (54.4 MB/s)
(Reading database ... 76595 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../podman_5.4.2+ds1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking podman (5.4.2+ds1-1) over (5.4.2+ds1-1) ...
Setting up podman (5.4.2+ds1-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.0-1) ...
$ systemctl status podman.socket
○ podman.socket - Podman API Socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.socket; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2025-05-01 11:29:42 UTC; 9s ago
Duration: 17.258s
Invocation: ff25332b735d4f5ab92ae30a9c53d19c
Triggers: ● podman.service
Docs: man:podman-system-service(1)
Listen: /run/podman/podman.sock (Stream)
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi José, thanks for reaching out and filing this bug.
José Martínez <[email protected]> writes:
> The podman package maintainer scripts will stop podman systemd
> services during a package update but never restart them afterwards.
With "podman services", I can tell from the example below that you are
referring to the podman.socket, which is used for services such as
"docker-compose".
Unfortunately, this is quite intentional, as it causes other surprising
issues. In fact, this behavior was prominently documented in
https://sources.debian.org/src/podman/5.4.2%2Bds1-2/debian/NEWS#L1-L49
Your best bet is to familiarize yourself with quadlets, see
https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/podman/quadlet.5.en.html for the
documentation. Using those avoids the issue you've been encoutering, and
many more along the way.
--- End Message ---
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