Backport "core/timer: downgrade message about random time addition (#5229)".

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Hello Vinson, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into zesty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/232-21ubuntu4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Before and After packages:
systemd-sysv:amd64 (232-21ubuntu3, 232-21ubuntu4)

Before:
$ journalctl | grep 'random time'
Jun 19 12:01:31 grand-lab systemd[1]: motd-news.timer: Adding 49min 3.813525s random time.
Jun 19 12:01:31 grand-lab systemd[1]: apt-daily.timer: Adding 5h 1min 58.969401s random time.
Jun 19 12:01:31 grand-lab systemd[1]: snapd.refresh.timer: Adding 2h 17min 9.916190s random time.
Jun 19 12:01:31 grand-lab systemd[1]: snapd.refresh.timer: Adding 5min 29.977428s random time.

After:
$ journalctl | grep 'random time'
$

Nothing. Thus this bug is now fixed for the default logging priorities.

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 232-21ubuntu4

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systemd (232-21ubuntu4) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Cherrypick upstream commit to enable system use kernel maximum limit for
    RLIMIT_NOFILE isntead of hard-coded (low) limit of 65536. (LP: #1686361)
  * debian/tests/root-unittests: disable execute and seccomp tests on arm
    test-seccomp and test-execute fail on arm64 kernels. Marking both tests as
    expected failures. An upstream bug report is filed to resolve these.
    (LP: #1672499)
  * Cherrypick upstream patch for platform predictable interface names.
    (LP: #1686784)
  * resolved: fix null pointer dereference crash (LP: #1621396)
  * Cherrypick core/timer downgrade message about random time addition
    (LP: #1692136)

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Wed, 24 May 2017 16:26:16 +0100

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Hello Vinson, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/229-4ubuntu18 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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With 229-4ubuntu18 these messages are not present in journalctl -b, with 229-4ubuntu17 they are. All is good.

Hello Vinson, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/229-4ubuntu19 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

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Starting with systemd 229-4ubuntu17.
Observed:
Jul 19 13:26:15 key-giraffe systemd[1]: apt-daily.timer: Adding 7h 44min 55.393699s random time.
Jul 19 13:26:15 key-giraffe systemd[1]: snapd.refresh.timer: Adding 5h 7min 50.445307s random time.
Jul 19 13:26:15 key-giraffe systemd[1]: snapd.refresh.timer: Adding 1h 20min 37.720752s random time.

Upgraded to systemd 229-4ubuntu19

No such messages present in the journal.

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-4ubuntu19

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systemd (229-4ubuntu19) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/extra/units/systemd-resolved.service.d/resolvconf.conf: partially
    revert, by removing ExecStart|StopPost lines, as these are not needed on
    xenial and generate warnings in the journal. (LP: #1704677)

systemd (229-4ubuntu18) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/extra/units/systemd-resolved.service.d/resolvconf.conf: if resolved
    is going to be started, make sure this blocks network-online.target.
    (LP: #1673860)
  * networkd: cherry-pick support for setting bridge port's priority
    (LP: #1668347)
  * Cherrypick upstream commit to enable system use kernel maximum limit for
    RLIMIT_NOFILE isntead of hard-coded (low) limit of 65536. (LP: #1686361)
  * Cherrypick upstream patch for platform predictable interface names.
    (LP: #1686784)
  * resolved: fix null pointer dereference crash (LP: #1621396)
  * Cherrypick core/timer downgrade message about random time addition
    (LP: #1692136)
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved (LP: #1695546)
    - CVE-2017-9445
  * Cherry-pick subset of patches to introduce infinity value in logind.conf
    for UserTasksMax (LP: #1651518)

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:00:42 +0100