On 29/01/2025 19:16, Greg Wooledge wrote:
dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service symlink is a service name alias
for systemd-timesyncd.service. I have no idea *why* this alias was
desired, but that's apparently what it is.
systemd.unit(5) explains that it is to start the service on demand in
the case of invocation through D-Bus.
When the systemd-timesyncd package is removed, that alias symlink is
left behind. It doesn't do anything, so it's probably safe to remove
it. On the other hand, it doesn't do anything, so it's definitely
safe to leave it alone.
I would check that the dangling symlink does not generate noise in logs
in response to
systemctl reload
and that it does not cause registration of the D-Bus service. When
systemd-timesyncd is installed (and running):
busctl | grep times
:1.1 1169 systemd-timesyn
systemd-timesync :1.1 systemd-timesyncd.service - -
org.freedesktop.timesync1 1169 systemd-timesyn
systemd-timesync :1.1 systemd-timesyncd.service - -
if it appears when the package is removed then some applications may be
confused. I expect that it is safer to remove the invalid symlink.
