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authorFelipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>2015-07-27 19:34:19 -0300
committerFelipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>2015-08-05 21:26:11 -0300
commit1abc8ae604f6acd18f7dec1ae8e7371c7773d0b0 (patch)
tree4ce9f46448a6520c15529eddcc494d8500050c62 /man/systemd.special.xml
parente6898d854d3fc49879c9c9ef61c5212e2d23a0fc (diff)
man: Clarify that basic.target does not pull in remote filesystems
Also note /var, /tmp or /var/tmp as special cases, should either of those be a remote filesystem.
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for this target unit to all services (except for those with
<varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>).</para>
- <para>Usually this should pull-in all mount points, swap
- devices, sockets, timers, and path units and other basic
- initialization necessary for general purpose daemons.</para>
+ <para>Usually this should pull-in all local mount points plus
+ <filename>/var</filename>, <filename>/tmp</filename> and
+ <filename>/var/tmp</filename>, swap devices, sockets, timers,
+ path units and other basic initialization necessary for general
+ purpose daemons. The mentioned mount points are special cased
+ to allow them to be remote.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This target usually does not pull in any non-target units
+ directly, but rather does so indirectly via other early boot targets.
+ It is instead meant as a synchronization point for late boot
+ services. Refer to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details on the targets involved.
+ </para>
+
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>