[systemd-devel] Query regarding "EnvironmentFile"

[Michael Biebl]

2015-12-21 14:23 GMT+01:00 Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com>:
> What he proposed is redundant and adds an extra line to the unit file and in
> addition requires some distro's acceptance that upstream needs to be aware
> of when it creates the unit for it's daemon/service.
>
> His proposal
>
> [Unit]
> Description=Sample unit
> # Unesseray line added
> Environment=OPTS=FOO
>
> [Service]
> ExecStart=/path/to/daemon $OPTS


That's not what I proposed.

What I proposed was, that the ExecStart contains a $OPTS (which by
default would be empty).

This would allow the admin to extend the ExecStart line easily with a
drop-in snippet using Environment=

I didn't suggest adding a line Environment=OPTS=FOO by default.

The benefit of that instead of having to override the complete
ExecStart line should be obvious and has already be mentioned in this
very thread.

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