Leapp Upgrade from RHEL 7.9 to 8.4 results in "/etc/systemd/" broken symlinks.

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Issue

  • After upgrading from 7.9 to 8.4 with leapp tool, many broken symlinks are observed in /etc/systemd/ from previous RHEL 7.9 systemd units that don't exist anymore on RHEL 8.4
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/brandbot.path /usr/lib/systemd/system/brandbot.path BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rhel-configure.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-configure.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/systemd-readahead-replay.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-readahead-replay.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/systemd-readahead-collect.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-readahead-collect.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/system-update.target.wants/systemd-readahead-drop.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-readahead-drop.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/rhel-autorelabel.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-autorelabel.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/rhel-autorelabel-mark.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-autorelabel-mark.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/rhel-domainname.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-domainname.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/rhel-import-state.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-import-state.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/rhel-loadmodules.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-loadmodules.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/rhel-dmesg.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-dmesg.service BROKEN
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/rhel-readonly.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/rhel-readonly.service BROKEN

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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