[Bug 1608689] [NEW] do-release-upgrade left machine in unrebootable state

[Dean Henrichsmeyer]

Public bug reported:

I performed a do-release-upgrade on a digital ocean droplet running
trusty. The end result was a system in which systemd wasn't running but
every tool thought it was. Can't reboot, etc.

I get error messages such as:

<root at valor>:~# /sbin/reboot
Failed to start reboot.target: Connection timed out
See system logs and 'systemctl status reboot.target' for details.
Couldn't find an alternative telinit implementation to spawn.
failed to run telinit 6 for upstart fallback
Failed to talk to init daemon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-virtual 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Mon Aug  1 15:51:34 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-01 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade xenial

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade left machine in unrebootable state

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I performed a do-release-upgrade on a digital ocean droplet running
  trusty. The end result was a system in which systemd wasn't running
  but every tool thought it was. Can't reboot, etc.

  I get error messages such as:

  <root at valor>:~# /sbin/reboot
  Failed to start reboot.target: Connection timed out
  See system logs and 'systemctl status reboot.target' for details.
  Couldn't find an alternative telinit implementation to spawn.
  failed to run telinit 6 for upstart fallback
  Failed to talk to init daemon.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-virtual 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-virtual x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Mon Aug  1 15:51:34 2016
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-01 (0 days ago)

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