Package: apt Version: 3.0.3
I'm running Debian 13.1 Trixie in multiple containers. Last week I renamed the network devices in the Containers from eth0 to eth60. Since then can see the following lines in the "/var/log/syslog" of the containers:
2025-10-18T19:36:43+02:00 mojo-proxy systemd[1]: Starting apt-daily-upgrade.service - Daily apt upgrade and clean activities... 2025-10-18T19:37:13+02:00 mojo-proxy systemd-networkd-wait-online[295 Timeout occurred while waiting for network connectivity. 2025-10-18T19:37:13+02:00 mojo-proxy apt-helper[293]: E: Sub-process /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online returned an error code (1) 2025-10-18T19:37:14+02:00 mojo-proxy systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.service: Deactivated successfully. 2025-10-18T19:37:14+02:00 mojo-proxy systemd[1]: Finished apt-daily-upgrade.service - Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
This Timeout comes from the "apt" package: The "apt-daily-upgrade.service" calls "ExecStartPre=-/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper wait-online" which in turn calls "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online". Which Times out.
The manual[1] of systemds "systemd-networkd-wait-online" clearly states that by default it only checks eth0. But it also has the parameter "--interface=" to handle the case when there is no eth0. I successfully used this Parameter in the "systemd-networkd-wait-online.service" which had the same problem as the "apt-daily-upgrade.service". Sadly this fix does not work in the "apt-daily-upgrade.service" case because it does not call "/usr/bin/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online" directly. And "apt-helper" has no factility in place to hand over the "--interface=" parameter to "systemd-networkd-wait-online".
[1] https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online.8.en.html
Best Regards Fred
