[Bug 1809084] [NEW] Confirm prompt for systemctl --full edit is redundant and interferes with scripting

[Edward Gow]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu version

Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release:	16.04

and systemd package Version: 229-4ubuntu21.10

When the --full argument is used with systemctl edit a confirm prompt of

...some.service" already exists. Overwrite with "..."? [(y)es, (n)o]

is issued. Since the systemctl edit command won't function w/o a unit
file in place the message tells the user something they already know.
There appears to be no way to bypass this message, so it makes running
systemctl edit from a script more difficult.

** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Confirm prompt for systemctl --full edit is redundant and interferes
  with scripting

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu version

  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  and systemd package Version: 229-4ubuntu21.10

  When the --full argument is used with systemctl edit a confirm prompt
  of

  ...some.service" already exists. Overwrite with "..."? [(y)es, (n)o]

  is issued. Since the systemctl edit command won't function w/o a unit
  file in place the message tells the user something they already know.
  There appears to be no way to bypass this message, so it makes running
  systemctl edit from a script more difficult.

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