I had a local configuration error. The current version of memcached works and runs fine out of the box.
I think this issue has been fixed by the current version of memcached in the archive. Users installing memcached on current Xenial should not see this error. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Ryan Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > That systemd conf change didn't seem to help. Looking deeper. > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Ryan Harper <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On the current Xenial image, memcached installs fine: >> >> % lxc launch ubuntu-daily:xenial x1 >> Creating x1 >> Starting x1 >> % lxc exec x1 /bin/bash >> root@x1:~# apt-get update && apt-get install memcached >> Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease >> Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB] >> Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease >> Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1182 >> kB] >> Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [563 >> kB] >> Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages >> [7541 kB] >> Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe Translation-en >> [4360 kB] >> Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages >> [146 kB] >> Fetched 14.0 MB in 8s (1596 kB/s) >> Reading package lists... Done >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> Suggested packages: >> libcache-memcached-perl libmemcached libanyevent-perl libyaml-perl >> libterm-readkey-perl >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> memcached >> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. >> Need to get 89.0 kB of archives. >> After this operation, 246 kB of additional disk space will be used. >> Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 memcached amd64 >> 1.4.25-2ubuntu1 [89.0 kB] >> Fetched 89.0 kB in 0s (346 kB/s) >> Selecting previously unselected package memcached. >> (Reading database ... 25401 files and directories currently installed.) >> Preparing to unpack .../memcached_1.4.25-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... >> Unpacking memcached (1.4.25-2ubuntu1) ... >> Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... >> Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ... >> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... >> Setting up memcached (1.4.25-2ubuntu1) ... >> Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... >> Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ... >> root@x1:~# apt-get -f install >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. >> >> >> root@x1:~# systemctl status memcached >> ● memcached.service - memcached daemon >> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/memcached.service; enabled; vendor >> preset: enabled) >> Active: inactive (dead) >> >> root@x1:/lib/systemd/system# grep memcache /etc/group >> memcache:x:116: >> root@x1:/lib/systemd/system# grep memcache /etc/passwd >> memcache:x:112:116:Memcached,,,:/nonexistent:/bin/false >> >> Now, memcached doesn't start cleanly, the following hangs (but starts >> memcached) >> >> % systemctl start memcached >> >> Fixing up the systemd service file fixes this (Adding Type=Forking) >> >> # diff -u memcached.service.orig memcached.service >> --- memcached.service.orig 2016-04-19 15:59:31.654599131 +0000 >> +++ memcached.service 2016-04-19 15:55:34.458022457 +0000 >> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ >> After=network.target >> >> [Service] >> +Type=Forking >> ExecStart=/usr/share/memcached/scripts/systemd-memcached-wrapper >> /etc/memcached.conf >> >> [Install] >> >> Then I can systemctl start it just fine >> >> root@x1:~# systemctl start memcached >> root@x1:~# systemctl status -l memcached >> ● memcached.service - memcached daemon >> Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/memcached.service; enabled; vendor >> preset: enabled) >> Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-19 15:59:57 UTC; 4s ago >> Main PID: 991 (memcached) >> Tasks: 6 (limit: 512) >> Memory: 552.0K >> CPU: 10ms >> CGroup: /system.slice/memcached.service >> └─991 /usr/bin/memcached -m 64 -p 11211 -u memcache -l >> 127.0.0.1 >> >> Apr 19 15:59:57 x1 systemd[1]: Started memcached daemon. >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562450 >> >> Title: >> package memcached 1.4.25-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: >> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit >> status 1 >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/+bug/1562450/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562450 Title: package memcached 1.4.25-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/memcached/+bug/1562450/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
