Bug 870180

Summary:	Assertion 'prefix' failed at src/shared/path-util.c:269, function path_startswith()
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tim Flink <tflink>
Component:	systemd	Assignee:	systemd-maint
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	18	CC:	johannbg, lnykryn, metherid, mschmidt, msekleta, notting, plautrba, systemd-maint, vpavlin
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Description Tim Flink 2012-10-25 18:00:12 UTC

When booting the upgrade.img produced by fedup (new Fedora upgrade tool) and systemd-194-1.fc18, a systemd failure during boot causes systemd to crash, preventing the upgrade process.

Error message on console:
Assertion 'prefix' failed at src/shared/path-util.c:269, function path_startswith(). Aborting.


The fix is already in upstream systemd git:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=bcbd5405b1b6d9d219259e3be2c3ec4d92812bcb

This fix is definitely present in systemd-195-4 (upgrade.img built with 195-4 doesn't crash) but any version with the needed fix would solve the issue.

Comment 1 Tim Flink 2012-10-25 18:01:24 UTC

Proposing as a blocker for F18 beta due to violation of the following F18 beta release criterion [1]:

For each one of the release-blocking package sets ('minimal', and the package sets for each one of the release-blocking desktops), it must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with that package set installed, using any officially recommended upgrade mechanisms. The upgraded system must meet all release criteria. 

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Beta_Release_Criteria

Comment 2 Michal Schmidt 2012-12-05 17:36:07 UTC

> This fix is definitely present in systemd-195-4 (upgrade.img built with
> 195-4 doesn't crash) but any version with the needed fix would solve the
> issue.

A higher version is now in F18, so this should be closed.