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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2018-10-08 18:43:14 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2018-10-08 18:49:45 +0200
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man,docs: document the new unit file directory for attached images
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diff --git a/man/portablectl.xml b/man/portablectl.xml
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+++ b/man/portablectl.xml
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
<term><option>--runtime</option></term>
<listitem><para>When specified the unit and drop-in files are placed in
- <filename>/run/systemd/system/</filename> instead of <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename>. Images attached
- with this option set hence remain attached only until the next reboot, while they are normally attached
- persistently.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename> instead of
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename>. Images attached with this option set hence remain attached
+ only until the next reboot, while they are normally attached persistently.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@
<listitem><para>All unit files of types <filename>.service</filename>, <filename>.socket</filename>,
<filename>.target</filename>, <filename>.timer</filename> and <filename>.path</filename> which match the
indicated unit file name prefix are copied from the image to the host's
- <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> directory (or <filename>/run/systemd/system/</filename> — depending
- whether <option>--runtime</option> is specified, see above).</para></listitem>
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename> directory (or
+ <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename> — depending whether <option>--runtime</option> is
+ specified, see above), which is included in the built-in unit search path of the system service
+ manager.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>For unit files of type <filename>.service</filename> a drop-in is added to these copies that
adds <varname>RootDirectory=</varname> or <varname>RootImage=</varname> settings (see
@@ -330,6 +332,10 @@
to place image files directly in <filename>/etc/portables/</filename> or
<filename>/run/systemd/portables/</filename> (as these are generally not suitable for storing large or non-textual
data), but use these directories only for linking images located elsewhere into the image search path.</para>
+
+ <para>When a portable service image is attached, matching unit files are copied onto the host into the
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename> and <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename>
+ directories. When an image is detached, the unit files are removed again from these directories.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>