systemd unit file broken: reload not working

[Robie Basak]

Hi Christian,

On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 03:32:18PM +0000, Christian Schneider wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> we are using the newest Varnish package under Ubuntu 16.04. The reload does not work because of the broken systemd unit file. See:
> https://github.com/varnishcache/pkg-varnish-cache/pull/70
> https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/720/varnish-vcl-reload-not-working-systemd-ubuntu-16.04
> 
> It's fixed in the upstream about six months ago but not in the Ubuntu package. I couldn't find a bug in the issue tracker oft he ubuntu package. It should affect a lot of people so I'm confused why it has not been fixed.

Varnish is in universe in Ubuntu, so depends entirely on volunteers to
look after it.

To start with, please make sure a bug exists in Launchpad for the issue,
creating one if it doesn't. It certainly won't get addressed if nobody
knows about it.

Next, if you can prepare the required packaging fix, then please see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates for details on our policy
and procedure for getting the fix landed. Feel free to ask here for help
if you need it, but note that somebody will need to volunteer to
actually do the work - failing that it won't get done.

Note that if the systemd unit file is broken and that is the only fix
needed, then it is easy to work around with an override in /etc. See
systemd-system.conf(5) for details. It would be useful to leave
step-by-step workaround instructions in the bug to help others.

HTH,

Robie
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