[systemd-devel] Boot ordering

[Christoph Pleger]

Hello,

>> Then, I still do not understand why my definition of a new target did
>> not
>> work. What is the difference between multi-user.target waiting for
>> basic.target on the one hand and new.target waiting for basic.target and
>> multi-user.target waiting for new.target on the other hand, aside from
>> that one intermediate step?
>>
>
> Everything else that is ordered before multi-user.target is started
> concurrently with your new.target.

Hm. But I have no idea why for example gdm3 is started while my test
script is still executing its sleep command. This is the output of
"systemd-analyze dot | grep gdm":

        "shutdown.target"->"gdm.service" [color="green"];
        "shutdown.target"->"gdm.service" [color="red"];
        "graphical.target"->"gdm.service" [color="grey66"];
        "x-display-manager.target"->"gdm.service" [color="green"];
        "x-display-manager.target"->"gdm.service" [color="black"];
        "gdm.service"->"systemd-user-sessions.service" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"getty at tty7.service" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"plymouth-quit.service" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"systemd-journald.socket" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"basic.target" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"system.slice" [color="green"];
        "gdm.service"->"basic.target" [color="black"];
        "gdm.service"->"x-display-manager.target" [color="grey66"];
        "gdm.service"->"system.slice" [color="grey66"];
        "gdm.service"->"getty at tty7.service" [color="red"];
        "gdm.service"->"plymouth-quit.service" [color="red"];
        "gdm.service"->"shutdown.target" [color="red"];
        "getty at tty7.service"->"gdm.service" [color="red"];
        "plymouth-quit.service"->"gdm.service" [color="red"];
        "plymouth-halt.service"->"gdm.service" [color="green"];
        "plymouth-reboot.service"->"gdm.service" [color="green"];
   Color legend: black     = Requires
                 dark blue = Requisite
                 dark grey = Wants
                 red       = Conflicts
                 green     = After

If I understand this correctly, gdm is pulled into the boot process only
by graphical.target, which according to target unit definitions should be
after multi-user.target , which should be after my new.target ...

The only thing I can imagine what causes my problem is that Debian jessie
does not use only systemd units, but also init scripts in /etc/rc*.d/ and
that this brakes my desired boot order.

Regards
  Christoph