From 36b4a7ba555540edb7648e0f97019280b4ac38de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:12:54 +0100 Subject: Remove snapshot unit type Snapshots were never useful or used for anything. Many systemd developers that I spoke to at systemd.conf2015, didn't even know they existed, so it is fairly safe to assume that this type can be deleted without harm. The fundamental problem with snapshots is that the state of the system is dynamic, devices come and go, users log in and out, timers fire... and restoring all units to some state from the past would "undo" those changes, which isn't really possible. Tested by creating a snapshot, running the new binary, and checking that the transition did not cause errors, and the snapshot is gone, and snapshots cannot be created anymore. New systemctl says: Unknown operation snapshot. Old systemctl says: Failed to create snapshot: Support for snapshots has been removed. IgnoreOnSnaphost settings are warned about and ignored: Support for option IgnoreOnSnapshot= has been removed and it is ignored http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-November/034872.html --- man/systemctl.xml | 40 ---------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 40 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/systemctl.xml') diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index 2fe24fd139..173c463d12 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -1341,46 +1341,6 @@ kobject-uevent 1 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket systemd-udevd.service - - Snapshot Commands - - - - snapshot NAME - - - Create a snapshot. If a snapshot name is specified, - the new snapshot will be named after it. If none is - specified, an automatic snapshot name is generated. In - either case, the snapshot name used is printed to standard - output, unless is specified. - - - A snapshot refers to a saved state of the systemd - manager. It is implemented itself as a unit that is - generated dynamically with this command and has dependencies - on all units active at the time. At a later time, the user - may return to this state by using the - isolate command on the snapshot unit. - - - Snapshots are only useful for saving and restoring - which units are running or are stopped, they do not - save/restore any other state. Snapshots are dynamic and lost - on reboot. - - - - delete PATTERN... - - - Remove a snapshot previously created with - snapshot. - - - - - Environment Commands -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf