[systemd-devel] network/openvswitch dependency loop/deadlock

[Ian Pilcher]

On 02/07/2013 06:13 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Also re the initscripts tweaks and the if statement proposed in the bug,
> there is a SYSTEMCTL_IGNORE_DEPENDENCIES=1 env var you can export that
> will make "service openvswitch start" pass the --ignore-dependencies
> argument if it redirects to systemctl. That's likely cleaner than the if
> [ -x /usr/bin/systemctl ] check.

FYI, I just tried this on Fedora 18, and it didn't work.  It looks like
the version of systemctl in F18 may not recognize that variable:

  $ strings /usr/bin/systemctl  | grep SYSTEMCTL_IGNORE_DEPENDENCIES
  $

Oh well.

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