systemd: add helper service to start sysext services

As systemd-sysext images are not really meant for system services (that is the role of portable services) the services that they define don't get started even if they include the symlinks to do so. Add a helper service that starts the new services by retriggering the socket and multi-user targets as these are the targets a user would normally use to enable services. We can add more as needed.
flatcar · Mar 16, 2022 · 2c57c47 · 2c57c47
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diff --git a/systemd/system/ensure-sysext.service b/systemd/system/ensure-sysext.service
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+[Unit]
+BindsTo=systemd-sysext.service
+After=systemd-sysext.service
+DefaultDependencies=no
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl daemon-reload
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl restart --no-block sockets.target multi-user.target
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
diff --git a/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/ensure-sysext.service b/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/ensure-sysext.service
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+../ensure-sysext.service