Description of problem: ---------------------- Libvirt 1.2.20 tarball is different from libvirt git checkout v1.2.20. The latter libvirt cannot be started. On Ubuntu 15.04: - with git checkout 439760214c1d302f5508063d24c1ffc496ed9735, (v1.2.20 tag) systemctl status libvirt-bin ● libvirt-bin.service - LSB: libvirt management daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2015-10-30 16:16:05 CET; 50min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 1519 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 30 16:15:55 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock - recheck in 2 sec Oct 30 16:15:57 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock - recheck in 2 sec Oct 30 16:15:59 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock - recheck in 2 sec Oct 30 16:16:01 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock - recheck in 2 sec Oct 30 16:16:03 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock - recheck in 2 sec Oct 30 16:16:05 msi-ge60-ubuntu libvirt-bin[1519]: Giving up waiting for /var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock. Oct 30 16:16:05 msi-ge60-ubuntu systemd[1]: libvirt-bin.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 Oct 30 16:16:05 msi-ge60-ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: libvirt management daemon. Oct 30 16:16:05 msi-ge60-ubuntu systemd[1]: Unit libvirt-bin.service entered failed state. Oct 30 16:16:05 msi-ge60-ubuntu systemd[1]: libvirt-bin.service failed. root@msi-ge60-ubuntu:/usr/share/applications# systemctl stop libvirt-bin root@msi-ge60-ubuntu:/usr/share/applications# systemctl start libvirt-bin Job for libvirt-bin.service failed. See "systemctl status libvirt-bin.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. - from libvirt tarball 1.2.20: systemctl status libvirt-bin ● libvirt-bin.service - LSB: libvirt management daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin) Active: active (running) since Fri 2015-10-30 17:35:19 CET; 1min 24s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) CGroup: /system.slice/libvirt-bin.service ├─4973 /usr/sbin/libvirtd -d ├─6178 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-router.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leas... ├─6179 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-router.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leas... ├─6257 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelpe... ├─6258 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelpe... ├─6331 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-7.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6332 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-7.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6403 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-8.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6404 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-8.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6494 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-6.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6495 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-6.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6618 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-1.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6619 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-1.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6721 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/loopback.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelp... ├─6722 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/loopback.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelp... ├─6794 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-5.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6795 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-5.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6869 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-4.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6870 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-4.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6942 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-9.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─6943 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-9.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─7030 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-3.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─7031 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-3.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... ├─7104 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-2.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... └─7105 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-2.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_le... Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: DHCP, IP range 172.20.100.128 -- 172.20.100.254, lease time 1h Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: DHCPv6, IP range fc20:100::100 -- fc20:100::1ff, lease time 1h Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: router advertisement on fc20:100:: Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: IPv6 router advertisement enabled Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: DHCP, sockets bound exclusively to interface virbr4 Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq[7104]: read /etc/hosts - 10 addresses Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq[7104]: read /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-2.addnhosts - 0 addresses Oct 30 17:35:25 msi-ge60-ubuntu dnsmasq-dhcp[7104]: read /var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/virtual-bridge-2.hostsfile
Solved in 1.2.21