[Users] 'vzctl start CTID --wait' hangs

[Kir Kolyshkin]

On 01/08/2014 08:36 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> Hi
>
> When I start Debian 7 containers with the '--wait' option, it does start
> the CT, but the vzctl command never returns. The same works fine with
> Debian 6 containers.
>
> I figured that 'vzctl start CTID --wait' usually adds a line to the
> CT's /etc/inittab:
>
> vz:2345:once:touch /.vzfifo
>
> However, such a line is never added to Debian 7 CTs. On Debian 6 CTs,
> this line is automatically added whenever the CT is started, even if it
> has been removed manually.
>
> A work-around is to add the line manually to /etc/inittab, but I still
> wonder why the automatism doesn't work for Debian 7 CTs.
>
Please file a bug for vzctl, I will take a look soon.