[systemd-devel] Some useful patches

Hristo Venev hristo at venev.name
Fri Mar 28 11:38:39 PDT 2014


On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 19:06 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Hristo Venev <hristo at venev.name> wrote:
> > The first patch moves the user generator directories to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. This
> > way the path for the generator directories is always under the manager's
> > runtime prefix. Consistency and code size.
> >
> > The second patch moves the transient user units to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. This way
> > they are deleted on reboot just like the system transient units and do not take
> > space in XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
> >
> > The third patch lets transient units set EnvironmentFiles. It can be used in
> > systemd-run like this: systemd-run -p EnvirontmentFiles="fileA fileB fileC"
> > Drop-in files for this are not yet implemented.
> 
> Please include any *why*, along with the *what* in the commit log itself.
> 
> The commit subject really does not help to explain why something is
> changed, and that is what matters, in the end; the patch itself
> usually explains pretty well what is done, but not why.
> 
> Kay

First patch: Consistency and code size. Predictability of the location
of the generator directories => easier debugging.
Second patch: I DO NOT WANT TRANSIENT UNIT LEFTOVERS IN MY
XDG_CONFIG_HOME!
Third patch: Isn't it obvious that it's a (very small) new feature?
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