Martin, this looks like it renders the network-online target entirely useless. When we're in Austin, I think you, me, and stgraber should sit down and argue a bit about what "correct" behaviour is, but I'd guess it'll looks something like "block on a one-shot attempt to bring up the network, and if that fails miserably, background a second attempt so the boot can continue". Ish.
** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1442828 Title: change for LP 1425376 breaks systemd After=network-online.target Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The change to ifup@.service done as part of LP 1425376 appears to break the ordering of units marked as "After=network-online.target". In my specific case, a new service script with "After=network-online.target" is erroneously run concurrently with dhclient. As the new script depends on networking configuration being complete, it fails as the IP addresses and routes from DHCP are not configured. This functioned correctly on vivid daily images from a few days ago, and appears to break starting with the vivid daily from approximately 0409. Infinity suggested this change as a likely suspect: diff -Nru systemd-219/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service systemd-219/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service --- systemd-219/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service 2015-04-02 08:08:56.000000000 +0000 +++ systemd-219/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service 2015-04-07 14:38:38.000000000 +0000 @@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ DefaultDependencies=no [Service] -Type=oneshot -ExecStart=/sbin/ifup --allow=hotplug %I -ExecStartPost=/sbin/ifup --allow=auto %I # only fail if ifupdown knows about the iface AND it's not up -ExecStartPost=/bin/sh -c 'if ifquery %I >/dev/null; then ifquery --state %I >/dev/null; fi' +ExecStart=/bin/sh -ec 'ifup --allow=hotplug %I; ifup --allow=auto %I; \ + if ifquery %I >/dev/null; then ifquery --state %I >/dev/null; fi' ExecStop=/sbin/ifdown %I RemainAfterExit=true and, indeed, reverting this (copying ifup@.service from a few-days old vivid image to a current image) resolves the problem. The affected version is ubuntu-vivid-daily-amd64-server-20150409.2 (installed via AWS). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1442828/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp