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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Trying to unset Standard{Input,Output,Error}= directive to defaults in drop-in fails: Failed to parse {input,output} specifier, ignoring:"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90185">90185</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Trying to unset Standard{Input,Output,Error}= directive to defaults in drop-in fails: Failed to parse {input,output} specifier, ignoring:
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>systemd
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>x86-64 (AMD64)
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux (All)
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>medium
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>general
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>a.c.kalker@gmail.com
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          <th>QA Contact</th>
          <td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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        <pre>Steps to reproduce:

- Create a drop-in file to override StandardInput= StandardOutput=
StandardError= as set in a service and restore them to their default values.

Example (here I'm trying to debug why keyboard doesn't work in emergency mode,
not the best example, I know...):
---[/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/debug.conf]---
[Service]
# Clear ExecStartPre=
ExecStartPre=
# Are the tty,std{in,out,error} devices there?
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/ls -la /dev
ExecStartPre=-/bin/echo -e 'Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type
"journalctl -xb" to view\\nsystem logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot,
"systemctl default" or ^D to\\ntry again to boot into default mode.'

# Clear these out to defaults, see what happens...
# StandardInput=tty-force
StandardInput=
# StandardOutput=inherit
StandardOutput=
# StandardError=inherit
StandardError=
# Don't know about the next one, don't touch it for now
# IgnoreSIGPIPE=no

Actual result:

[    0.506012] systemd[1]:
[/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/debug.conf:10] Failed to parse input
specifier, ignoring: 
[    0.506865] systemd[1]:
[/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/debug.conf:12] Failed to parse output
specifier, ignoring: 
[    0.507699] systemd[1]:
[/etc/systemd/system/emergency.service.d/debug.conf:14] Failed to parse output
specifier, ignoring: 

Expected result:

Setting these directives to the empty value in a drop-in should set them to
their default values.

Requiring users to explicitly specify that default value is IMHO not a good
option, as that default might change over the course of the development of
systemd. There should always be a way for drop-ins to 'undo' setting a
directive done by a service, no matter what it is.</pre>
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