[systemd-devel] systemctl preset and chkconfig

[Andrei Borzenkov]

В Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:38:52 +0200
Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net> пишет:

> On Tue, 26.08.14 16:37, Andrei Borzenkov (arvidjaar at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Lennart Poettering
> > <lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 26.08.14 16:29, Andrei Borzenkov (arvidjaar at gmail.com) wrote:
> > >
> > >> >> I have to say tho', I'm surprised this is something implemented in PID1.
> > >> >> I hadn't looked at the code, but I thought (well assumed) "systemctl
> > >> >> preset" was actually implemented on the client side. I guess it's true
> > >> >> what they say about "assume"... :p
> > >> >
> > >> > Well, it's actually implemented on both sides (we link the same code
> > >> > into client and server), so that --root= can work, and so that it can be
> > >> > invoked if systemd is not running as PID 1.
> > >>
> > >> What is then rationale for having it in PID 1 at all?
> > >
> > > So that we can provide it as a bus API.
> > 
> > And it *must* be in PID 1? Can it be systemd-install.service (pick the name)?
> 
> Well, you can also just leave it in PID 1. What's the point?
> 

Normal service has more relaxed requirements. In particular, nothing
really prevents it from supporting chkconfig :)