[Bug 2102646] Re: Regression in 24.04: systemd installation fails in podman-in-podman

[Nick Rosbrook]

** Bug watch added: github.com/systemd/systemd/issues #29559
   https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/29559

** Also affects: systemd via
   https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/29559
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Regression in 24.04: systemd installation fails in podman-in-podman

Status in systemd:
  Unknown
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This used to work but stopped working with a recent update of
  `systemd` in noble:

  podman run --privileged -it quay.io/podman/stable sh '-c' "echo -e
  'FROM docker.io/amd64/ubuntu:noble\\nENV
  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive\\nRUN apt-get -yqq update && apt-get
  -yqq upgrade && apt-get -y install systemd' > Containerfile && podman
  build ."

  It fails with

  Assertion 'path_is_absolute(p)' failed at src/basic/chase.c:648, function chase(). Aborting.
  Aborted
  Assertion 'path_is_absolute(p)' failed at src/basic/chase.c:648, function chase(). Aborting.
  Aborted
  Assertion 'path_is_absolute(p)' failed at src/basic/chase.c:648, function chase(). Aborting.
  Aborted
  dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
   installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 134
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd-timesyncd:
   systemd-timesyncd depends on systemd; however:
    Package systemd is not configured yet.

  
  It does work simply in `podman`, so a `podman-in-podman` setup is necessary to trigger this.  24.10 also does not work, 22.04 does.  I believe it's a systemd bug, and I reported it here https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/29559 as well.

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