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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-07-01 01:33:56 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-07-01 01:33:56 +0200
commitcdf0c7abf8594db37bbb0720f7c18a1765465110 (patch)
treeacecfa31dd552ec9e7ff85d1b81eb5f8163d1f5c /man
parent82a30aae48de73c39b59fbcb810636f7376b7bbc (diff)
man: document ConditionNeedsUpdate=
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diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 032879a0af..960fb90dbd 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@
<term><varname>ConditionSecurity=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionCapability=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionACPower=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathExistsGlob=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ConditionPathIsDirectory=</varname></term>
@@ -1068,6 +1069,33 @@
all AC connectors are disconnected
from a power source.</para>
+ <para><varname>ConditionNeedsUpdate=</varname>
+ takes one of <filename>/var</filename>
+ or <filename>/etc</filename> as
+ argument, possibly prefixed with a
+ <literal>!</literal> (for inverting
+ the condition). This condition may be
+ used to conditionalize units on
+ whether the specified directory
+ requires an update because
+ <filename>/usr</filename>'s
+ modification time is newer than the
+ stamp file
+ <filename>.updated</filename> in the
+ specified directory. This is useful to
+ implement offline updates of the
+ vendor operating system resources in
+ <filename>/usr</filename> that require
+ updating of <filename>/etc</filename>
+ or <filename>/var</filename> on the
+ next following boot. Units making use
+ of this condition should order
+ themselves before
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-update-done.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ to make sure they run before the stamp
+ files's modification time gets reset
+ indicating a completed update.</para>
+
<para>With
<varname>ConditionPathExists=</varname>
a file existence condition is