Bug#724796: [Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#724796: systemd loses track of rsyslog state when syslog.service is replaced during upgrade

[Michael Biebl]

Am 27.11.2013 11:27, schrieb Alessandro Ghedini:
>> To reproduce the issue, one can follow those steps:
>> - Make sure rsyslog is installed and running.
>>   status: step1.txt
>> - rm -f /etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
>> - systemctl daemon-reload
>>   status: step2.txt
>> - re-create symlink: systemctl enable rsyslog.service

> 
> Another solution that seems to work is running "systemctl reenable ..." instead
> of just "enable". rsyslog does not get killed and correctly appears as
> "active (running)" afterwards and can be restarted manually without problems.

I tried systemctl reenable instead of enable, as you suggested. Didn't
help. The error was the same.

As soon as the symlink is removed by dpkg (was previously shipped in the
package) and a daemon-reload is triggered, systemd loses the state.



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