[arch-general] [off-list] Systemd : Analysis of reactions of Users

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Thu Jul 26 08:04:13 EDT 2012


On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 14:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 13:53 +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf
> > <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > > For example, how should (others and) I know that just "Before" or
> > > "After" is needed?
> > 
> > By reading the manpage: "If a unit foo.service contains a setting
> > Before=bar.service and both units are being started, bar.service's
> > start-up is delayed until foo.service is started up." It says nothing
> > about having to put After=foo.service in bar.service, so why would you
> > think it is needed?
> > 
> > If you want easy-to-understand information, please read Lennart's blog
> > posts, then read the relevant manpages to get the nitty gritty
> > details. Then ask questions if something is unclear (and hopefully the
> > answers will lead to patches to the manpages).
> > 
> > -t
> 
> I was a little bit forward :S. Sorry, anyway, such important changes are
> not that easy, reading manpages as a dyslexic in a foreign language
> isn't fun for me, while the old style without systemd perfectly works.
> I'm not against progress, it's just that I'm (was) scary when I read
> systemd is from the same guy as pulseaudio is.
> 
> Pardon,
> Ralf
> 
> PS: I anyway will not switch to systemd now ;).

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