[systemd-bugs] [Bug 59949] New: Completely breaks down if it fails to start dbus.service

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59949

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 59949
          Assignee: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Completely breaks down if it fails to start
                    dbus.service
        QA Contact: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: major
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: mbiebl at gmail.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: general
           Product: systemd

Version: 197 (F18)

Seems my selinux fs labels got hosed somehow in my F18 VM. As a result, on next
reboot, systemd failed to start dbus.service and went completely nuts trying to
start it over and over again. All I could do was to forcefully reboot (and
start with selinux=0 and forcing a relabel).

You can easily "simulate" the problem by using
ExecStart=/bin/false in dbus.service.

systemd should behave much better in such a case. The least it can do is to
stop trying after a while and offer a rescue shell or just continue to boot,
since systemd should still be basically functional without a running dbus
system bus.

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