On Jun 25, 2016 7:42 PM, "Tom Horsley" <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The subject line had an unfortunate typo the last time I sent
> this. Let's try again with a fixed subject and see if anyone
> can tell me what the heck this means :-).
>
> Running dnf install to pick up loads of things for my new
> f24 partition, this nonsense appeared:
>
> Installing : postfix-2:3.1.0-1.fc24.x86_64 1088/3005
> The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled
> using systemctl.
> Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
> 1) A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
> .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
> 2) A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
> a requirement dependency on it.
> 3) A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
> D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
> Installing : qmobipocket-16.04.1-1.fc24.x86_64 1089/3005
>
> Is this trying to tell me I can't run postfix as a service?
I don't think so.
> If so, why not?
Because I just installed it and used the normal systemctl command to enable and start the service and it started just fine.
> If not, why did it want to print this gibberish and confuse me?
It has a strange sense of humor?
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