[arch-general] On-boot delay due to timer units

[Jan Alexander Steffens]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> I don't think it is a problem that the timers run on boot, but rather
> that they delay Type=idle units, like agetty. From what the
> documentation says, there should not be any delay:
>
> "Behavior of idle is very similar to simple; however, actual execution
> of the service binary is delayed until all jobs are dispatched."
>
> I am confused why get a delay here.

When the timer fires it adds a start job to the manager. Type=idle
services wait for the manager job list (not the transaction job list)
to empty.

Maybe Type=idle should be changed to trigger when its transaction completes.