[systemd-devel] Systemctl thinks a service file exists that does not

[Cecil Westerhof]

Op ma 28 aug 2023 om 14:31 schreef Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof at gmail.com>:

> Forgot again to change the To. :'-{
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> Van: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof at gmail.com>
> Date: ma 28 aug 2023 om 13:56
> Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] Systemctl thinks a service file exists that
> does not
> To: Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar at gmail.com>
>
>
> Op ma 28 aug 2023 om 13:30 schreef Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 1:50 PM Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Op ma 28 aug 2023 om 11:55 schreef Andrei Borzenkov <
>> arvidjaar at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 12:27 PM Cecil Westerhof <
>> cldwesterhof at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On debian 12, when Itype:
>> >> >     systemctl status spam
>> >> >
>> >> > and giving a tab I get:
>> >> >     spamassassin-maintenance.service  spamassassin.service
>> >> >     spamassassin-maintenance.timer    spamd.service
>> >> >
>> >> > Still:
>> >> >     systemctl start spamassassin.service
>> >> >
>> >> > keeps giving not found.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Those units are probably listed as dependencies somewhere. Units
>> >> listed in Wants or After/Before are not required to exist.
>> >>
>> >> > So systemctl thinks there is a spamassassin.service file, but when
>> >> > starting it does not find it.
>> >> >
>> >> > I do not find a spamassassin.service file on my system. The other
>> >> > three I do find.
>> >> >
>> >> > When using:
>> >> >     find / -name spamassassin.service
>> >> >
>> >> > it does not find spamassassin.service.
>> >> > So why does systemctl think there is a spamassassin.service?
>> >>
>> >> It is not the systemctl, it is your shell completion of the systemctl.
>> >> Just look at the output of "systemctl list-units --all" for
>> >> "not-found".
>> >
>> >
>> > I have to clean up my system: there are 25 not-found services, 3
>> not-found targets, 2 not-found mounts and 1 not-found socket.
>> >
>> > For spamassassin.service I see:
>> >     ● spamassassin.service
>>                                              not-found inactive dead
>> spamassassin.service
>> >
>> > But when I give:
>> >     systemctl list-dependencies spamassassin.service
>> >
>> > I get:
>> >     spamassassin.service
>> >
>> > I looked into:
>> >     /etc/systemd/system
>> >     /run/systemd/system
>> >     /lib/systemd/system
>> > But I do not find dependencies.
>> >
>> > Where else should I look?
>> >
>>
>> Look at "systemctl show spamassassin.service".
>>
>
> That gave:
>     Before=exim4.service
>
> Exim4 was not installed, but there was a /etc/init.d/exim4. After removing
> that it was OK. Tab does not produce spamassassin.service anymore.
>
> Now I have to do the same work for the other unit files that give a
> not-found.
>

Removed 11. Later in the week I will remove the rest.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
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