[systemd-devel] Unit reported as failed despite exit code from SuccessExitStatus

[Lennart Poettering]

On Wed, 15.04.15 22:45, Nikolaus Rath (Nikolaus at rath.org) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I don't quite understand this:
> 
> $ systemctl --user status autocommit-org.service 
> ● autocommit-org.service - Auto-commits changes to orgmode files.
>    Loaded: loaded (/home/nikratio/.config/systemd/user/autocommit-org.service; static)
>    Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2015-04-15 22:42:13 PDT; 51s ago
>  Main PID: 2820 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
> 
> Apr 15 22:42:13 vostro systemd[2453]: Starting Auto-commits changes to orgmode fil.....
> Apr 15 22:42:13 vostro hg[2820]: nothing changed
> Apr 15 22:42:13 vostro systemd[2453]: Started Auto-commits changes to orgmode files..
> Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
> 
> $ cat /home/nikratio/.config/systemd/user/autocommit-org.service
> [Unit]
> Description=Auto-commits changes to orgmode files.
> 
> [Service]
> Type = oneshot
> WorkingDirectory = %h/lib/Dropbox/org
> ExecStart = /usr/bin/hg commit -m "Autocommit."
> SuccessExitStatus = 1
> 
> $ systemctl --version
> systemd 215
> +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ -SECCOMP -APPARMOR
> 
> 
> Why is the unit reported as failed? Shouldn't status=1 be interpreted as
> success?

Sounds like a bug, possibly an issue with type=oneshot together with
SuccessExitStatus.

Can you paste "systemctl show -a" for that service please?

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat