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

[Alexandre de Verteuil]

* Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> [2014-04-17 21:31] :
> I think another solution in systemd would be introducing a holdoff time:
> Instead of running immediately on boot, the timer should be scheduled
> for boot+5min.
> 
> This requires some investigation - sorry, I don't have a quick solution
> right now.

Hi,

I'm experiencing the same problem caused by updatedb launching on
boot. This fixes it until the desired feature is added to systemd.timer:

## /etc/systemd/system/updatedb.service.d/delay.conf
[Service]
# Trick to avoid launching updatedb when the system is booted.
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/bash -c '[ $(cut -d. -f1 /proc/uptime) -lt 120 ] && sleep 120'
## EOF

If the system is up since less than 120 seconds, waits 120 seconds. Also,
failure does not prevent running ExecStart= given the "-" before the
command line.

Best regards,
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Alexandre de Verteuil <claudelepoisson at gmail.com>
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