[systemd-devel] Check for plymouth (e1b2b49465615727a2c3883d06d1b9ff339aec67)

[Andrey Borzenkov]

--- a/units/plymouth-start.service
+++ b/units/plymouth-start.service
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ Wants=systemd-ask-password-plymouth.path
 After=systemd-vconsole-setup.service udev-settle.service
 Before=systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service

+# Dracut informs us with this flag file if plymouth is already running
+ConditionPathExists=!/dev/.systemd/plymouth
+
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot
 ExecStartPost=-/bin/plymouth --show-splash

And what other poor folks who do not happen to use dracut should do?

I would really prefer to see generic ConditionCommandStatus and simply use

ConditionCommandStatus!=plymoth --ping

This works for any initrd (or without) and offers facility useful to
others as well. As opposed to above hack :)