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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-09-14 16:39:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-09-14 16:39:47 +0200 |
| commit | 4aabca00581f262fc0c5a1a31ab3978e68cb0ddf (patch) | |
| tree | ac82d72a6fce7e51e53881e91efef2292c21b26f /man/systemd.special.xml | |
| parent | 23a9ffb0935b6814c6b267fe22f94f1436bb7a5e (diff) | |
| download | systemd-4aabca00581f262fc0c5a1a31ab3978e68cb0ddf.tar.gz | |
man: remove recommendation to pull in slices from slices.target
That recommendation is likely to cause more trouble and for pretty
much all end-user units is not useful. Let's recommend relying on
the implicit dependency instead.
Fixes #10015.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.special.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.special.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.special.xml b/man/systemd.special.xml index 38006c6abd..0d25e40d03 100644 --- a/man/systemd.special.xml +++ b/man/systemd.special.xml @@ -596,14 +596,18 @@ <listitem> <para>A special target unit that sets up all slice units (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.slice</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for details) that shall be active after boot. By default the generic - <filename>system.slice</filename> slice unit, as well as the root slice unit - <filename>-.slice</filename>, is pulled in and ordered before this unit (see + for details) that shall always be active after boot. By default the generic + <filename>system.slice</filename> slice unit as well as the root slice unit + <filename>-.slice</filename> are pulled in and ordered before this unit (see below).</para> - <para>It's a good idea to add <varname>WantedBy=slices.target</varname> lines to the - <literal>[Install]</literal> section of all slices units that may be installed - dynamically.</para> + <para>Adding slice units to <filename>slices.target</filename> is generally not + necessary. Instead, when some unit that uses <varname>Slice=</varname> is started, the + specified slice will be started automatically. Adding + <varname>WantedBy=slices.target</varname> lines to the <literal>[Install]</literal> + section should only be done for units that need to be always active. In that case care + needs to be taken to avoid creating a loop through the automatic dependencies on + "parent" slices.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |