[systemd-devel] [RFC][PATCH] conf-parser: distinguish between multiple sections with the same name

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Wed Nov 20 06:05:07 PST 2013


Am 20.11.2013 15:02, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
>> what does this mean? Does it override the value of the first section,
>> the second section or does it create a new section?
> 
> Yeah, in this case it would not make sense. However, this stuff is
> opt-in only, and unit files don't opt-in (currently nothing does). For
> the use-case I have in mind we won't allow partial overrides and
> probably not even drop-ins/includes.

So, we'd have inconsistent config file syntax across systemd? Some
section types override/extend when we write them more than once, some
section types create new instances?

I like the idea of assigning unique names to section "instances" much more.


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