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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.service.xml6
-rw-r--r--man/systemd.unit.xml11
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 103c495fbe..f6b9fe2965 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -321,11 +321,7 @@
(these semicolons must be passed as
separate words). Alternatively, this
directive may be specified more than
- once with the same effect. However,
- the latter syntax is not recommended
- for compatibility with parsers
- suitable for XDG
- <filename>.desktop</filename> files.
+ once with the same effect.
Lone semicolons may be escaped as
<literal>\;</literal>. If the empty
string is assigned to this option, the
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 35dd4c78c4..8d6acc7b02 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.scope</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
+ <para>Various settings are allowed to be specified
+ more than once, in which case the interpretation
+ depends on the setting. Often, multiple settings form
+ a list, and setting to an empty value "resets", which
+ means that previous assignments are ignored. When this
+ is allowed, it is mentioned in the description of the
+ setting. Note that using multiple assignments to the
+ same value makes the unit file incompatible with
+ parsers for the XDG <filename>.desktop</filename> file
+ format.</para>
+
<para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths
determined during compilation, described in the next section.
</para>