This is fixed by e2fsprogs 1.45.1-3 in Debian, or in the soon to be released e2fsprogs 1.45.2.
e2fsprogs (1.45.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Fix e2scrub_all cron failures (Closes: #9292870) -- Theodore Y. Ts'o <ty...@mit.edu> Mon, 20 May 2019 21:48:40 -0400 e2fsprogs (1.45.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Avoid spurious e2scrub_all error messages spamming administrators from cron/systemd timer units when lvm2 is not installed and/or there are no lvm devices present in the system (Closes: #928977, #929186, #929254) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to e2fsprogs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830500 Title: Issue with e2scrub@-.service and e2scrub@-boot.service which tries to scrub ext4 partitions (/boot and /) Status in e2fsprogs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a fresh install of 19.04 upgraded to 19.10. I'm receiving these emails which seems to be related to a cronjob. I also tried to run /usr/sbin/e2scrub_all manually and I'm receiving the 2 same emails after I ran it. The emails in question: So sorry, the automatic e2scrub of /boot on cryptosid.local.lan failed. A log of what happened follows: ● e2scrub@-boot.service - Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub@.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2019-05-24 08:26:37 EDT; 73ms ago Docs: man:e2scrub(8) Process: 28530 ExecStart=/sbin/e2scrub -t /boot (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 28530 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: Starting Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot... May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: /boot: Not connnected to a LVM logical volume. May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: Usage: /sbin/e2scrub [OPTIONS] mountpoint | device May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: mountpoint must be on a LVM-managed block device May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: -n: Show what commands e2scrub would execute. May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: -r: Remove e2scrub snapshot and exit, do not check anything. May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: -t: Run fstrim if successful. May 24 08:26:35 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[28530]: -V: Print version information and exit. May 24 08:26:37 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 24 08:26:37 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 24 08:26:37 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: Failed to start Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot. May 24 08:26:37 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. So sorry, the automatic e2scrub of /boot on cryptosid.local.lan failed. A log of what happened follows: ● e2scrub@-boot.service - Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/e2scrub@.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-05-23 23:09:29 EDT; 163ms ago Docs: man:e2scrub(8) Process: 31843 ExecStart=/sbin/e2scrub -t /boot (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 31843 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: Starting Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot... May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: /boot: Not connnected to a LVM logical volume. May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: Usage: /sbin/e2scrub [OPTIONS] mountpoint | device May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: mountpoint must be on a LVM-managed block device May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: -n: Show what commands e2scrub would execute. May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: -r: Remove e2scrub snapshot and exit, do not check anything. May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: -t: Run fstrim if successful. May 23 23:09:27 CryptoSiD e2scrub@-boot[31843]: -V: Print version information and exit. May 23 23:09:29 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 23 23:09:29 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 23 23:09:29 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: Failed to start Online ext4 Metadata Check for /boot. May 23 23:09:29 CryptoSiD systemd[1]: e2scrub@-boot.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: e2fsprogs 1.45.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-15.16-generic 5.0.6 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 25 17:43:20 2019 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: e2fsprogs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/+bug/1830500/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp