[arch-general] In the systemd scheme, where should startup/stop scripts for things systemd can't handle go?

[Tom Gundersen]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:39 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony at xtfx.me> wrote:
> for example, i modify several .service files -- even ones that are
> shipped upstream -- because they are pointlessly configured as
> `forking` when they could be much better integrated (ddclient, dhcpd,
> hostapd, SEVERAL unfortunately) ...
>
> eg, in general, PID files are not needed anymore, and logs should go
> to STDOUT.  so ... set the daemon to FOREGROUND, and DON'T redirect
> output (see man systemd.exec for stdout/err options, among others).

Please file bugs if you think there are errors. Sometimes
"Type=forking" is the right thing to do. If the daemon is not
socket/dbus actiavted, then Type=forking is the only way to know if a
service has finished starting.

> ExecStop=-/bin/kill $MAINPID

Hm, this should be uneccesary, no? If no ExecStop is configured the
process will get a SIGTERM when the service is stopped.

-t