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authorJohn Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>2017-09-12 12:02:27 +0800
committerJohn Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>2017-09-13 11:39:09 +0800
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man: explicitly distinguish "implicit dependencies" and "default dependencies"
Fixes: #6793
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.socket.xml')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 1d20a8f7f7..5bec53ac1e 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -97,16 +97,7 @@
<filename>foo@.service</filename> must exist from which services
are instantiated for each incoming connection.</para>
- <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section is set to
- <option>false</option>, socket units will implicitly have dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and
- <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>sysinit.target</filename> as well as dependencies of type
- <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and <varname>Before=</varname> on <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These ensure
- that socket units pull in basic system initialization, and are terminated cleanly prior to system shutdown. Only
- sockets involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable this option.</para>
-
- <para>Socket units will have a <varname>Before=</varname>
- dependency on the service which they trigger added implicitly. No
- implicit <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
+ <para>No implicit <varname>WantedBy=</varname> or
<varname>RequiredBy=</varname> dependency from the socket to the
service is added. This means that the service may be started
without the socket, in which case it must be able to open sockets
@@ -130,31 +121,24 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- <title>Automatic Dependencies</title>
-
- <para>Socket units automatically gain a <varname>Before=</varname>
- dependency on the service units they activate.</para>
-
- <para>Socket units referring to file system paths (such as AF_UNIX
- sockets or FIFOs) implicitly gain <varname>Requires=</varname> and
- <varname>After=</varname> dependencies on all mount units
- necessary to access those paths.</para>
-
- <para>Socket units using the <varname>BindToDevice=</varname>
- setting automatically gain a <varname>BindsTo=</varname> and
- <varname>After=</varname> dependency on the device unit
- encapsulating the specified network interface.</para>
-
- <para>If <varname>DefaultDependencies=yes</varname> is set (the
- default), socket units automatically gain a
- <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on
- <filename>sockets.target</filename>. They also gain a pair of
- <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname>
- dependency on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>, and a pair of
- <varname>Before=</varname> and <varname>Conflicts=</varname>
- dependencies on <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These
- dependencies ensure that the socket unit is started before normal
- services at boot, and is stopped on shutdown.</para>
+ <title>Implicit Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are implicitly added:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a <varname>Before=</varname>
+ dependency on the service units they activate.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units referring to file system paths (such as AF_UNIX
+ sockets or FIFOs) implicitly gain <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> dependencies on all mount units
+ necessary to access those paths.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units using the <varname>BindToDevice=</varname>
+ setting automatically gain a <varname>BindsTo=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> dependency on the device unit
+ encapsulating the specified network interface.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<para>Additional implicit dependencies may be added as result of
execution and resource control parameters as documented in
@@ -164,6 +148,29 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Default Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>The following dependencies are added unless
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname> is set:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a
+ <varname>Before=</varname> dependency on
+ <filename>sockets.target</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Socket units automatically gain a pair of
+ <varname>After=</varname> and <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ dependency on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>, and a pair of
+ <varname>Before=</varname> and <varname>Conflicts=</varname>
+ dependencies on <filename>shutdown.target</filename>. These
+ dependencies ensure that the socket unit is started before normal
+ services at boot, and is stopped on shutdown. Only sockets
+ involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>Socket files must include a [Socket] section, which carries
@@ -358,7 +365,7 @@
specified network interfaces. This controls the
SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option (see <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details). If this option is used, an automatic dependency
+ for details). If this option is used, an implicit dependency
from this socket unit on the network interface device unit
(<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
is created. Note that setting this parameter might result in