Bug#940840: systemctl --no-ask-password restart apt-daily-upgrade.timer hangs indefinetely

[Michael Biebl]

Am 22.09.19 um 15:39 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Since you are adamant that you haven't enabled the service manually (at
> least not explicitly), I wonder if you used something like "systemctl
> preset" in the past and it was enabled because of that (afaics
> systemd-time-wait-sync.service is not explicitly disabled).


It could be debated whether the default for
systemd-time-wait-sync.service should be disabled.
Especially since upstream recommends against enabling such a service by
default
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/5097#issuecomment-276787961


> I guess the rationale for systemd-time-wait-sync.service is the same as
> for NetworkManager-wait-online.service or
> systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.
> The simple fact that those daemons have started does not mean that you
> have network access (or your system clock is synchronized).
> 
> You can probably find out more about it at the initial PR
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/8494
Fwiw, I would have found it much more consistent if the service was
named systemd-wait-time-sync.service. The current name is just weird imho.



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