[systemd-devel] Service fails to start with no log messages

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:35 PM Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>
> Am 07.01.20 um 02:57 schrieb Jeffrey Walton:
> > To fix my ordering problem I need Systemd to stop lying about when the
> > network is ready.
>
> one last comment:
>
> whatever crap you did ending in the ordering cycle did not solve your
> wrong ordering after network, it just burried it by slow down something
> else and so by luck
>
> systemd does not lie here - you just need to do the ordering proper
> based on how your network is configured at all which you refuse to tell
>
> so your better options would have been report thate network ordering
> problem here before touch anything else
>
> "There are absolutely 0 entires about my monitor service" is because
> it's thrown out of the startup transaction cause dby your other config
> screwup

And there we have it. Systemd is not logging the problem. And then you
wonder why users like me go down rabbit holes.

Perhaps Systemd should hire someone who understands usability and
design. Maybe they can explain why throwing important information away
is a bad idea.

Jeff