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docs: clarify ConditionPathExists= semantics (#43724)

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## Summary

Clarify `ConditionPathExists=` in `systemd.unit(5)`:

- It checks for any filesystem object (regular file, directory, device
node, FIFO, socket), not only regular files.
- Symbolic links are followed, so a broken symbolic link is not
considered to exist.

Fixes #41900
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<varlistentry>
<term><varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Check for the existence of a file. If the specified absolute path name does not exist,
the condition will fail. If the absolute path name passed to
<listitem><para>Check for the existence of a path. This applies to any file system object (such as a
regular file, directory, device node, FIFO, or socket), not only regular files. Symbolic links
are followed, so a broken symbolic link is not considered to exist. If the specified absolute
path name does not exist, the condition will fail. If the absolute path name passed to
<varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname> is prefixed with an exclamation mark
(<literal>!</literal>), the test is negated, and the unit is only started if the path does not
exist.</para>