#998657 tpm2-abrmd: tpm daemon do not run and often breaks at startup

Package:
tpm2-abrmd
Source:
tpm2-abrmd
Description:
TPM2 Access Broker & Resource Management Daemon
Submitter:
alain
Date:
2021-11-06 07:57:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#998657#5
Date:
2021-11-05 18:10:08 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
installation of tpm2-abrmd
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
tpm2-abrmd installed .

alain@sid:~$ apt policy tpm2-abrmd
tpm2-abrmd:
  Installé : 2.4.0-1
  Candidat : 2.4.0-1
 Table de version :
 *** 2.4.0-1 500
        100 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.3.3-1+b2 100
        100 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages

systemctl enable tpm2-abrmd

Synchronizing state of tpm2-abrmd.service with SysV service script with
/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable tpm2-abrmd

reboot

   * What was the outcome of this action?

at startup :

sudo systemctl status tpm2-abrmd

○ tpm2-abrmd.service - TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Management Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tpm2-abrmd.service; disabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)

nov. 04 11:17:44 sid systemd[1]: Dependency failed for TPM2 Access Broker and
Resource Management Daemon.
nov. 04 11:17:44 sid systemd[1]: tpm2-abrmd.service: Job
tpm2-abrmd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

I was hoping that the TPM2 daemon would work and not make any error.
But this is not the case.
it slows down, even prevents my startup.

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So, as it is not ready and causes me trouble, I remove it.

alain@sid:~$ apt policy tpm2-abrmd
tpm2-abrmd:
  Installé : (aucun)
  Candidat : 2.4.0-1
 Table de version :
     2.4.0-1 500
        100 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
     2.3.3-1+b2 100
        100 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages