This bug is easily reproduced and will not leave any meaningful log entries.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808251 Title: systemctl disable fails to clean up override Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am using Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS and package version systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu21.10 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu21.10 Version table: *** 229-4ubuntu21.10 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages When a unit is enabled with systemctl enable <unit file> and overrides are applied with systemctl edit <unit name> and subsequently the unit is disabled with systemctl disable <unit name> the override file that is created and its directory /etc/systemd/system/<unit name>.d/override.conf is not removed. Subsequent attempts to enable the same unit will fail with the misleading and unhelpful error message Failed to execute operation: Invalid argument Removing the override file and directory will fix the problem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1808251/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
