Public bug reported:

qemu-guest-agent service cannot be enabled. It fails with:

$ sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent
Synchronizing state of qemu-guest-agent.service with SysV service script with 
/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable qemu-guest-agent
The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=,
Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template
units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.

version
=======
$ apt info qemu-guest-agent
Package: qemu-guest-agent
Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu

solution
========
$ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/qemu-guest-agent.service
[Unit]
Description=QEMU Guest Agent
BindsTo=dev-virtio\x2dports-org.qemu.guest_agent.0.device
After=dev-virtio\x2dports-org.qemu.guest_agent.0.device

[Service]
ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/qemu-ga
Restart=always
RestartSec=0

[Install]
XXX add here the proper required target.

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

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  qemu-guest-agent / systemctl enable failure

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