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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.special.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.target.xml | 19 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml index 9d79315069..18ad8f92e5 100644 --- a/man/systemd.special.xml +++ b/man/systemd.special.xml @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ <listitem> <para>A special target unit covering basic boot-up.</para> - <para>systemd automatically adds dependencies of the types - <varname>Requires=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname> - for this target unit to all services (except for those with + <para>systemd automatically adds dependency of the type + <varname>After=</varname> for this target unit to all + services (except for those with <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>).</para> <para>Usually, this should pull-in all local mount points plus @@ -509,8 +509,9 @@ system shutdown.</para> <para>Services that shall be terminated on system shutdown - shall add <varname>Conflicts=</varname> dependencies to this - unit for their service unit, which is implicitly done when + shall add <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and + <varname>Before=</varname> dependencies to this unit for + their service unit, which is implicitly done when <varname>DefaultDependencies=yes</varname> is set (the default).</para> </listitem> @@ -579,6 +580,11 @@ <varlistentry> <term><filename>sysinit.target</filename></term> <listitem> + <para>systemd automatically adds dependencies of the types + <varname>Requires=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname> + for this target unit to all services (except for those with + <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>).</para> + <para>This target pulls in the services required for system initialization. System services pulled in by this target should declare <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> and specify diff --git a/man/systemd.target.xml b/man/systemd.target.xml index ab910d75dd..645d8493c1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.target.xml +++ b/man/systemd.target.xml @@ -82,11 +82,20 @@ <refsect1> <title>Automatic Dependencies</title> - <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section is set to - <option>no</option>, target units will implicitly complement all configured dependencies of type - <varname>Wants=</varname>, <varname>Requires=</varname> with dependencies of type <varname>After=</varname>, unless - an ordering dependency of any kind between the target and the respective other unit is already in place. Note that - this behaviour is disabled if either unit has <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>.</para> + <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> is set to + <option>no</option> in either of releated units or an explicit ordering + dependency is already defined, target units will implicitly complement all + configured dependencies of type <varname>Wants=</varname> or + <varname>Requires=</varname> with dependencies of type + <varname>After=</varname>. Note that <varname>Wants=</varname> or + <varname>Requires=</varname> must be defined in the target unit itself - if + you for example define <varname>Wants=</varname>some.target in + some.service, the implicit ordering will not be added.</para> + + <para>All target units automatically gain <varname>Conflicts=</varname> + dependency against shutdown.target unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> + is set to <option>no</option>.</para> + </refsect1> <refsect1> |