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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index b58e887662..5c65957bda 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>dbus.socket</filename>.</para> - <para>Socket activated service are automatically ordered after - their activated <filename>.socket</filename> units via an - automatic <varname>After=</varname> dependency.</para> + <para>Socket activated services are automatically ordered after + their activating <filename>.socket</filename> units via an + automatic <varname>After=</varname> dependency. + Services also pull in all <filename>.socket</filename> units + listed in <varname>Sockets=</varname> via automatic + <varname>Wants=</varname> and <varname>After=</varname> dependencies.</para> <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> is set to <option>false</option>, service units will implicitly have dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and @@ -209,11 +212,11 @@ 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> @@ -849,13 +852,13 @@ serialized to <filename>/run</filename> and the file descriptors passed to the service manager, to allow restarts without losing state. Defaults to 0, i.e. no file descriptors - may be stored in the service manager by default. All file + may be stored in the service manager. All file descriptors passed to the service manager from a specific service are passed back to the service's main process on the next service restart. Any file descriptors passed to the service manager are automatically closed when POLLHUP or POLLERR is seen on them, or when the service is fully stopped - and no job queued or being executed for it.</para></listitem> + and no job is queued or being executed for it.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |