[systemd-devel] [PATCH] systemd.service(5): clarify behavior of SuccessExitStatus

[Dave Reisner]

The behavior of this is a little cryptic in that $MAINPID must exit as
a direct result of receiving a signal in order for a listed signal to
be considered a success condition.
---
 man/systemd.service.xml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 27f069f..c3a9307 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -737,7 +737,10 @@ ExecStart=/bin/echo $ONE $TWO ${TWO}
                                 <constant>SIGTERM</constant> and <constant>SIGPIPE</constant>. Exit status
                                 definitions can either be numeric exit
                                 codes or termination signal names,
-                                separated by spaces. Example:
+                                separated by spaces. Signals will only
+                                be considered if the service does not implement
+                                a signal handler and exits as a direct result
+                                of receiving the signal. Example:
                                 <literal>SuccessExitStatus=1 2 8
                                 <constant>SIGKILL</constant></literal>, ensures that exit
                                 codes 1, 2, 8 and the termination
-- 
1.8.5.2