[systemd-devel] [EXT] Re: Service not starting that wants first-boot-complete.target

[Windl, Ulrich]

Hi!

Wasn't there an agreement that "wanting a target" is always wrong? Isn't "After" you are after? 😉

Kind regards,
Ulrich Windl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: systemd-devel <systemd-devel-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org> On
> Behalf Of Andrei Borzenkov
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 2:22 PM
> To: Christopher Hunt <huntchr at gmail.com>
> Cc: systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [systemd-devel] Service not starting that wants first-boot-
> complete.target
> 
> 08.04.2025 07:50, Christopher Hunt wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On 8 Apr 2025, at 2:40 PM, Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> It cannot be the complete file because earlier it says "enabled" and this
> service does not have [Install] section.
> >>
> >> Anyway - something has to start this service. So far, you did not explain
> how it is started.
> >
> > It is the complete file. I mentioned that I had linked it. To elaborate:
> >
> > # ls -al /etc/systemd/system/first-boot-complete.target.wants/
> > total 8
> > drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Apr  7 11:35 .
> > drwxr-xr-x   11 root     root          4096 Apr  7 22:18 ..
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            36 Apr  7 11:35 resizefs.service ->
> /etc/systemd/system/resizefs.service
> >
> > This is how the service is enabled. Thanks.
> 
> So, your service Wants first-boot-complete.target and
> first-boot-complete.target Wants your service. I still fail to see what
> is causing either to be actually started.