[systemd-commits] man/systemd.xml TODO

[Lennart Poettering]

 TODO            |    2 --
 man/systemd.xml |   14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 248e6030e007b6ee7b31ada6e42053cb1ebfc80d
Author: Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>
Date:   Tue Oct 26 23:22:55 2010 +0200

    man: be more explicit about the usefulness of --system

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index c018ed2..f41dd3c 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-* man: clarify that --system works only for pid == 1
-
 * oneshot services which do not remain: 'exited' instead of 'dead'?
   it should be visible in 'systemctl' that they have been run
 
diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index f0fea5d..6aa4f70 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -141,14 +141,20 @@
                                 <listitem><para>Tell systemd to run a
                                 system instance (resp. session
                                 instance), even if the process ID is
-                                not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is not
-                                (resp. is) run as init process.
+                                not 1 (resp. is 1), i.e. systemd is
+                                not (resp. is) run as init process.
                                 Normally it should not be necessary to
                                 pass these options, as systemd
                                 automatically detects the mode it is
                                 started in. These options are hence of
-                                little use except for
-                                debugging.</para></listitem>
+                                little use except for debugging. Note
+                                that it is not supported booting and
+                                maintaining a full system with systemd
+                                running in <option>--system</option>
+                                mode, but PID not 1. In practice,
+                                passing <option>--system</option> explicitly is
+                                only useful in conjunction with
+                                <option>--test</option>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--dump-core</option></term>