[systemd-devel] Query regarding "EnvironmentFile"

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 22.12.15 11:27, Reindl Harald (h.reindl at thelounge.net) wrote:

> 
> 
> Am 22.12.2015 um 00:16 schrieb Kai Krakow:
> >Back to concepts: I'm always trying to find my way through the new
> >ideas, trying to understand it instead of denying it, then re-apply my
> >workflow. If it doesn't fit, throw either that away, or the software.
> >Probably one of many reasons why I chose Gentoo, although I sometimes
> >play with the idea of trying Fedora. But in the end I would miss much
> >of the freedom I currently have (and make use of)
> 
> so i do, but for what i have *zero* understanding is deperecating and
> removing features which are working just because someone thinks they should
> not be used

Just to clarify that. I think EnvironmentFile= was a mistake, and I
explained why. But then again, I am not planning to remove it, and I
never suggested that.

(I also think you are misusing it in your examples, and there are
better ways to do what you want. Templates and stuff for
example...)

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat