[lxc-users] How to recover from ERROR state

[Kees Bakker]

On 11-09-18 21:56, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Kees Bakker!
>
>> ii  lxc-common     2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2  amd64        Linux Containers userspace tools (common tools)
>> ii  lxcfs          2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2  amd64        FUSE based filesystem for LXC
>> ii  lxd            2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4 amd64        Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
>> ii  lxd-client     2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4 amd64        Container hypervisor based on LXC - client
> Upgrade from PPA.
> add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/stable
>
> ii  lxc-common         2.1.1-0ubuntu1 amd64          Linux Containers userspace tools (common t
> ii  lxc-templates      2.1.1-0ubuntu1 amd64          Linux Containers userspace tools (template
> ii  lxc1               2.1.1-0ubuntu1 amd64          Linux Containers userspace tools
> ii  lxcfs              2.0.8-1ubuntu2 amd64          FUSE based filesystem for LXC
>
>

Hmm. That PPA does not have liblxc1 2.1.1, but 3.0.1

# apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
liblxc1/xenial 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2]
libseccomp2/xenial 2.3.1-2.1ubuntu3~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.3.1-2.1ubuntu2~16.04.1]
lxc-common/xenial 2.1.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2]
lxcfs/xenial 3.0.1-0ubuntu2~18.04.1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2]

# apt policy liblxc1
liblxc1:
  Installed: 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
  Candidate: 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1
  Version table:
     3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.2~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-lxc/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
     3.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 100
        100 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main amd64 Packages
 *** 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 500
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
     2.0.0-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

I could upgrade to the 3.0 packages, but that would be more challenging.
Any advice?
-- 
Kees