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Normally, Symlinks= failing is not considered fatal nor destructive. Let's slightly alter behaviour here if RemoveOnStop= is turned on. In that case the use in a way opted for destructive behaviour and we do unlink all sockets and symlinks when the socket unit goes down. And that means we might as well unlink any pre-existing if this mode is selected. Yeah, it's a bit of a stretch to do this, but @OhNoMoreGit is right: if RemoveOnStop= is on we are destructive regarding any pre-existing symlinks on stop, and it would be quite weird if we wouldn't be on start.
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