Right. As the manpage states, inactive units are not considered: "Units which are not active and are not in a failed state usually are not loaded, and will not be matched by any pattern."
This isn't a behaviour that we can or want to change downstream, so closing. Thanks! ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1627612 Title: systemctl restart xxx* does not restart inactive services To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1627612/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs