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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-10-11 18:01:54 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-10-11 18:01:54 +0200
commit6dcda09cbfb698c6b50fcab2ef52a540766f25bf (patch)
tree5c4eb5ccb401961150e9a8b221cddeafbf6d9063
parent2cdbbc9a341eba4655ca03d13844fdc77753ce53 (diff)
man: document that Type=idle is subject to a 5s time-out
Fixes: #4116
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.service.xml10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index b58e887662..8203f2d52e 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@
if used in combination with
<varname>PrivateNetwork=</varname><option>yes</option>.</para>
- <para>Behavior of <option>idle</option> is very similar to
- <option>simple</option>; however, actual execution of the
- service binary is delayed until all jobs are dispatched. This
- may be used to avoid interleaving of output of shell services
- with the status output on the console.</para>
+ <para>Behavior of <option>idle</option> is very similar to <option>simple</option>; however, actual execution
+ of the service binary is delayed until all active jobs are dispatched. This may be used to avoid interleaving
+ of output of shell services with the status output on the console. Note that this type is useful only to
+ improve console output, it is not useful as a general unit ordering tool, and the effect of this service type
+ is subject to a 5s time-out, after which the service binary is invoked anyway.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>