Ubuntu
systemd package

systemctl is-active on aliased names returns unknown

Bug #1488954 reported by Dr. Jens Harbott
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systemd (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

There is a symlink in /lib/systemd/system from udev.service to systemd-udevd.service, however, running "systemctl is-active udev" returns "unknown" instead of "active" initially. This can be solved by running "systemctl status udev" once, but for monitoring the service it would be nicer if the "is-active" would be working out of the box.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04

$ apt-cache policy udev
udev:
  Installed: 219-7ubuntu6
  Candidate: 219-7ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 219-7ubuntu6 0
        500 http://eu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     219-7ubuntu3 0
        500 http://eu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

Revision history for this message
Dr. Jens Harbott (j-harbott) wrote :

This may in fact be a bug of systemd in general, as is seems to affect all service aliases created via symlinks.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
affects: udev (Ubuntu) → systemd (Ubuntu)
no longer affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
affects: systemd → systemd (Ubuntu)
Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
summary: - systemctl is-active udev returns unknown
+ systemctl is-active on aliased names returns unknown
Revision history for this message
Dan Streetman (ddstreet) wrote :

please reopen if this is still an issue

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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