[systemd-devel] Have custom agetty behaviour even after upgadres

[Michal Schmidt]

On 05/16/2012 01:07 PM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> This thread went a little tangential, so I'd like to bring it back to
> the "problem" stated here.
>
> Firstly, that was not my understanding of how things are supposed to
> work, but perhaps Lennart or Kay can clarify.
>
> I thought that the actual end point of the symlink was not all that
> important...
>
> e.g. if I have:
>
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
> /etc/lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
> /etc/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/getty at tty1.service ->
> /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
>
> I thought that the unit file /etc/lib/systemd/system/getty at .service was
> still the one used. i.e. the symlink is merely indicative of whether the
> service is enabled or not, and the actual physical file that it points
> to is not relevant.
>
> i.e. The .wants symlink only really states "I'm enabled as an instance
> of getty at .service" and then the normal inheritance rules of
> getty at .service resolution apply *after* that, i.e. getty at .service in
> /etc/... overrides the one in /lib/...
>
> This is maybe not intuitive when looking solely at the symlinks
> themselves, but it is when you think about what they represent.

Colin,

your description matches my understanding. In my test it works as 
expected with ordinary units, but not if templates are involved.
I consider it a bug.

Michal