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multipath-tools package

  1. Mantic (23.10)
  2. Bug #2034471
  3. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 2034471

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Mitchell Dzurick (mitchdz) wrote : Re: Reinstalling multipath-tools leads to multipathd.socket being inactive

Adding a dependency requirement in multipathd.service fixes this issue. This is similar to what is done with uuidd.service.

uuidd.service (as an example) has
Required=uuidd.socket

Which enforces a (hard) dependency requirement that systemd works with. Required= makes it so that if the socket does not start, the service will also not start[0].

I would suggest adding a weaker dependency[1] using Want= in the service file. This satisfies fixing the issue in this bug and has a lower chance of causing other issues.

[0] - https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html#Requires=

[1] - https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html#Wants=