From fb8aa5637ab033713f0078f115f3f4a450c8bb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierre-Louis Bonicoli <pierre-louis@libregerbil.fr>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:35:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] systemd: return an error when systemctl command isn't
 available

---
 lib/ansible/modules/system/systemd.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/systemd.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/systemd.py
index ff79fa6acbd..1cbdfeac658 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/systemd.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/systemd.py
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ def main():
             # Check for loading error
             if is_systemd and 'LoadError' in result['status']:
                 module.fail_json(msg="Error loading unit file '%s': %s" % (unit, result['status']['LoadError']))
+    else:
+        # Check for systemctl command
+        module.run_command(systemctl, check_rc=True)
 
     # Does service exist?
     found = is_systemd or is_initd