[systemd-devel] F16_64: attempt at OpenVPN server service file

[Michael D. Berger]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zbigniew Jedrzejewski-Szmek [mailto:zbyszek at in.waw.pl] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 14:12
> To: systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: Michael D. Berger; 'Reindl Harald'
> Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] F16_64: attempt at OpenVPN 
> server service file
> 
> On 11/26/2011 11:39 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> >> than i type "systemctl stop whatever.service"
> >>
> >> Restart is triggered if they process goes away and in the case of 
> >> "Always" this happens even if the process gives back a 
> successfull 0 
> >> like after "killall processname"
> >>
> > So I gather that Restart is triggered only if the process goes away 
> > ***for reasons other than a stop having been issued***.
> > I suggest that the man pages be modified to say that.
> Maybe like this?
> 
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] man: clarify that Restart= is only for the 
> unexpected cases
> 
> ---
>  man/systemd.service.xml |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml 
> b/man/systemd.service.xml index 7b6f12d..7c2ed7e 100644
> --- a/man/systemd.service.xml
> +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
> @@ -462,8 +462,9 @@
>                          <varlistentry>
>                                  
> <term><varname>Restart=</varname></term>
>                                  <listitem><para>Configures 
> whether the
> -                                main service process shall be
> -                                restarted when it exits. Takes one of
> +                                service shall be restarted 
> if the main
> +                                process exits for reasons other than
> +                                the service being stopped. 
> Takes one of
>                                  <option>no</option>,
>                                  <option>on-success</option>,
>                                  <option>on-failure</option>,
> --
> 1.7.8.rc3.348.g8fea1
> 
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The change shown is not bad, but I might say something like
"... other than the Stop command being issued..."

Mike.

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