[systemd-devel] [PATCH] systemctl: allow enable/disable/is-enabled on symlink aliases

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sun, 20.03.11 16:50, Andrey Borzenkov (arvidjaar at gmail.com) wrote:

> Currently handling of unit aliases (symlinks) is inconsistent
> between systemd and systemctl. While systemd allows acces unit
> under any alias, systemctl will refuse to process them unless
> redirecting request to systemd.

Hmm, I am a bit concernced about this, as this means that you can
"disable" units with a name you cannot "enable" them with again
anymore.

What is the precise usecase for this?

The least I'd like to see changed is that we never follow symlinks here
in /etc, only in /lib?

Note that "enable" and "start" are asymmetric anyway. The former takes
template names, the latter only instance names...

Lennart

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