"systemctl status ..." in Focal does not show any process output

[Dr. Uwe Meyer-Gruhl]

Software versions:

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release: 20.04
# apt-cache policy systemd
systemd:
  Installed: 244.3-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 244.3-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 244.3-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When I issue "systemctl status apache2" (or for any other service for that matter) in Focal, the last few lines of output are not shown any more:

# systemctl status apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor prese>
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
             └─override.conf
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-03-17 13:34:42 CET; 1h 43min ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
   Main PID: 283994 (apache2)
      Tasks: 55 (limit: 9451)
     Memory: 27.3M
     CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
             ├─283994 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             ├─283997 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
             └─283998 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
#

With Bionic (18.04), the last few log lines were shown as described in the systemctl man page:

#systemctl status apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enab
  Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
           └─apache2-systemd.conf
        /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
           └─override.conf
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-03-03 23:01:13 CET; 1 weeks 6 days ago
  Process: 1255 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful (code=exited, status=0/SUCCE
 Main PID: 11522 (/usr/sbin/apach)
    Tasks: 15 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
           ├─ 1280 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           ├─ 6459 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start
           └─11522 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start

Mar 13 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 13 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 14 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 14 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 15 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 15 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 16 06:25:28 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 16 06:25:28 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 17 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
Mar 17 06:25:27 fatty.xy.de systemd[1]: Reloaded The Apache HTTP Server.
#

I do not know if this was an upstream systemd change, however it seems wrong.

[Dr. Uwe Meyer-Gruhl (meyergru)]

Never mind. My fault. The journal was gone, so nothing could be shown.