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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-04-08 19:00:00 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2016-04-12 13:43:33 +0200
commitcc4e4df49fe38e076c74b652f7e01b6c54004cab (patch)
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downloadsystemd-cc4e4df49fe38e076c74b652f7e01b6c54004cab.tar.gz
man: clarify that DefaultDependencies= is in the [Unit] section
This hopefully reduces confusion resulting in issues like #2992.
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diff --git a/man/systemd.timer.xml b/man/systemd.timer.xml
index 29e235e2dc..22c83f790f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.timer.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.timer.xml
@@ -81,21 +81,15 @@
<para>Timer units automatically gain a <varname>Before=</varname>
dependency on the service they are supposed to activate.</para>
- <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> is set to
- <option>false</option>, all timer units will implicitly have
- dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and
- <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>,
- a dependency of type <varname>Before=</varname> on
- <filename>timers.target</filename>, as well as
- <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and <varname>Before=</varname> on
- <filename>shutdown.target</filename> to ensure that they are
- stopped cleanly prior to system shutdown. Timer units with at
- least one <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> directive will have an
- additional <varname>After=</varname> dependency on
- <filename>timer-sync.target</filename> to avoid being started
- before the system clock has been correctly set. Only timer units
- involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable
- the <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para>
+ <para>Unless <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in the <literal>[Unit]</literal> section is set to
+ <option>false</option>, all timer units will implicitly have dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname> and
+ <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>sysinit.target</filename>, a dependency of type <varname>Before=</varname>
+ on <filename>timers.target</filename>, as well as <varname>Conflicts=</varname> and <varname>Before=</varname> on
+ <filename>shutdown.target</filename> to ensure that they are stopped cleanly prior to system shutdown. Timer units
+ with at least one <varname>OnCalendar=</varname> directive will have an additional <varname>After=</varname>
+ dependency on <filename>timer-sync.target</filename> to avoid being started before the system clock has been
+ correctly set. Only timer units involved with early boot or late system shutdown should disable the
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> option.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>