Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 02:27:26AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > That should be a symlink, not a real file. > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 Jul 26 2016 > /etc/systemd/system/syslog.service -> /lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service After fixing this, I can't reproduce the problem. > that's also how

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 22.03.2017 um 01:52 schrieb Nathan Dorfman: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:50:01AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Please attach a complete journal log from the boot (journalctl -alb as root) > > Done, but might not be helpful. I've (cleanly) rebooted since then, > and now it's two *different*

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:50:01AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Please attach a complete journal log from the boot (journalctl -alb as root) Done, but might not be helpful. I've (cleanly) rebooted since then, and now it's two *different* units that are failed. It looks like I've somehow ended up

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 21.03.2017 um 22:37 schrieb Nathan Dorfman: > Package: rsyslog > Version: 8.24.0-1 > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainer, > > I noticed some 'FAILED' lines scroll by quickly at boot; upon investigation: Please attach a complete journal log from the boot (journalctl -alb as root) -- Why is

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Might as well also note that the running rsyslogd instance appears to be logging correctly: root@stretch:/home/test# ls -lart /var/log/*.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root3043 Mar 19 17:09 /var/log/fontconfig.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61574 Mar 21 15:53 /var/log/alternatives.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Oops, I forgot to include these lines: test@stretch:~$ ps -fp `cat /var/run/rsyslogd.pid` UIDPID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 438 1 0 16:48 ?00:00:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n test@stretch:~$ I also just noticed that this PID isn't the same as the one in the

Bug#858392: rsyslog service in failed state, but appears to be running

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Package: rsyslog Version: 8.24.0-1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, I noticed some 'FAILED' lines scroll by quickly at boot; upon investigation: root@stretch:/home/test# systemctl status | head -2 ● stretch State: degraded root@stretch:/home/test# systemctl list-units --state=failed UNIT