https://bugs.gentoo.org/977121
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/42370

From 63ecdb3e09f7dfb79410156a5e46fbbfafb6ce1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 01:12:29 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] units: drop Before=sockets.target from networkd resolve hook

Otherwise, it introduces cyclic dependencies:
```
systemd[1]: sockets.target: Found ordering cycle:
    systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket/start after network-pre.target/start after
    iptables.service/start after basic.target/start after sockets.target/start -
    after systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket
systemd[1]: sockets.target: Job systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket/start deleted
    to break ordering cycle starting with sockets.target/start
```

Follow-up for 37adb410a2b62716b666dbf8359edf8a6546ff94.
Fixes #42353.
---
 units/systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/units/systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket b/units/systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket
index 8a724bbc0c0d4..07b596319b4b5 100644
--- a/units/systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket
+++ b/units/systemd-networkd-resolve-hook.socket
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Documentation=man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
 ConditionCapability=CAP_NET_ADMIN
 DefaultDependencies=no
 After=network-pre.target
-Before=sockets.target shutdown.target
+Before=shutdown.target
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
 
 [Socket]
