[systemd-devel] Suggestion for " failed with result 'dependency'."

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

On 05/06/2025 10.00, Windl, Ulrich wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I wrote a simple service that did not start after boot. The joural 
> message was:
>
> REST-server.service: Job REST-server.service/start failed with result 
> 'dependency'.
>
> Wouldn’t it be helpful to log WHICH dependency failed? As I started 
> the server meanwhile that information isn’t available any more (it seems).
>
It is logged in the journal, one line above the message you mention. It 
is merely not tagged with _SYSTEMD_UNIT= for 'systemctl status' to find it.

Jun 05 10:25:24 frost systemd[1]: test2.service is inactive.
Jun 05 10:25:24 frost systemd[1]: Dependency failed for test.service.
Jun 05 10:25:24 frost systemd[1]: test.service: Job test.service/start 
failed with result 'dependency'.
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