[Bug 1565617] Re: "polkitd.service is masked" warnings on package install while policykit-1 is unpacked but not yet configured

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This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-4ubuntu1

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systemd (229-4ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian unstable. Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - Hack to support system-image read-only /etc, and modify files in
      /etc/writable/ instead.

    Upgrade fixes, keep until 16.04 LTS release:
    - systemd Conflicts/Replaces/Provides systemd-services.
    - Remove obsolete systemd-logind upstart job.
    - Clean up obsolete /etc/udev/rules.d/README.
    - systemd.postinst: Migrate mountall specific fstab options to standard
      util-linux "nofail" option.
    - systemctl: Don't forward telinit u to upstart. This works around
      upstart's Restart() always reexec'ing /sbin/init on Restart(), even if
      that changes to point to systemd during the upgrade. This avoids running
      systemd during a dist-upgrade. (LP: #1430479)
    - Provide shutdown fallback for upstart. (LP: #1370329)
    - Break lvm (<< 2.02.133-1ubuntu1) and remove our dummy /etc/init.d/lvm2
      on upgrades, as it's shipped by lvm2 now.
    - Make udev break on mdadm << 3.3-2ubuntu3, as udev's init script dropped
      the "Provides: raid-mdadm".
    - Clean up /var/log/udev on upgrade (which is written under upstart, but
      not under systemd). (LP: #1537211)
    - Migrate existing s390x network configuration to new names. (LP: #1526808)
    - systemd.postinst: Bump Version comparison for migrating the UTC setting
      from /etc/default/rcS to /etc/adjtime, to run it for upgrades to 16.04.
    - VMWare BIOS reports implausibly high onboard numbers. This got fixed in
      upstream commit 6c1e69f9. Migrate names in ifupdown accordingly.
      (LP: #1550539)
    - udev: Don't kill peer processes if we don't run in a cgroup. This happens
      when running under/upgrading from upstart. udevd and everything else run
      in the root hierarchy on all controllers then, and the alleged cleanup of
      "our" cgroup becomes a system-wide killing spree. (LP: #1555237)

systemd (229-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix assertion crash when processing a (broken) device without a sysfs
    path. (Closes: #819290, LP: #1560695)
  * Fix crash when shutdown is issued from a non-tty. (LP: #1553040)
  * networkd: Stay running while any non-loopback interface is up.
    (Closes: #819414)
  * Fix reading uint32 D-Bus properties on big-endian.
  * Fix crash if an udev device has many tags or devlinks. (LP: #1564976)
  * systemctl, loginctl, etc.: Don't start polkit agent when running as root.
    (LP: #1565617)
  * keymap: Add Add HP ZBook (LP: #1535219) and HP ProBook 440 G3.
  * systemd.resource-control.5: Fix links to cgroup documentation on
    kernel.org. (Closes: #819970)
  * Install test-udev into libudev-dev, so that we have it available for
    autopkgtests.
  * Add "udev" autopkgtest for running the upstream test/udev-test.pl.

 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:53:25
+0200

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  "polkitd.service is masked" warnings on package install while
  policykit-1 is unpacked but not yet configured

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Problem Description :
  =========================
  Error messages are seen while installing apport package.

  System details
  =============

  uname -a : 4.4.0-15-generic

  Machine : Power 8

  apport :
    Installed: 2.20-0ubuntu3
    Candidate: 2.20-0ubuntu3

  Steps to reproduce
  ============
  From a small xenial installation, like a cloud image:

  1. apt-get purge -y policykit-1 apport
  2. apt-get install apport

  Error
  ===

  root at powerkvm5:~# apt-get install apport
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  The following additional packages will be installed:
    apport-symptoms policykit-1 python3-apport python3-problem-report python3-systemd
  Suggested packages:
    apport-gtk | apport-kde python3-launchpadlib
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    apport apport-symptoms policykit-1 python3-apport python3-problem-report python3-systemd
  0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/304 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 2,444 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
  Selecting previously unselected package python3-problem-report.
  (Reading database ... 134848 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../python3-problem-report_2.20-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
  Unpacking python3-problem-report (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python3-apport.
  Preparing to unpack .../python3-apport_2.20-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
  Unpacking python3-apport (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package apport.
  Preparing to unpack .../apport_2.20-0ubuntu3_all.deb ...
  Unpacking apport (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package apport-symptoms.
  Preparing to unpack .../apport-symptoms_0.20_all.deb ...
  Unpacking apport-symptoms (0.20) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package policykit-1.
  Preparing to unpack .../policykit-1_0.105-14.1_ppc64el.deb ...
  Created symlink from /run/systemd/system/polkitd.service to /dev/null.
  Unpacking policykit-1 (0.105-14.1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python3-systemd.
  Preparing to unpack .../python3-systemd_231-2build1_ppc64el.deb ...
  Unpacking python3-systemd (231-2build1) ...
  Processing triggers for systemd (229-3ubuntu1) ...
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
  Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2) ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
  Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up python3-problem-report (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Setting up python3-apport (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Setting up apport (2.20-0ubuntu3) ...
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Setting up apport-symptoms (0.20) ...
  Setting up policykit-1 (0.105-14.1) ...
  Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit polkitd.service is masked. (g-io-error-quark, 36)
  Removed symlink /run/systemd/system/polkitd.service.
  PolicyKit daemon disconnected from the bus.
  We are no longer a registered authentication agent.
  PolicyKit daemon reconnected to bus.
  Attempting to re-register as an authentication agent.
  We are now a registered authentication agent.
  Setting up python3-systemd (231-2build1) ...
  Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu2) ...

  Analysis
  =====

  The fix has been included for Ubuntu Vivid, need to be forward ported
  for Ubuntu Xenial

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/1447654

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