[systemd-devel] /usr/lib/systemd/*.wants vs. Wants in unit definition

[Martin Pitt]

Andrei Borzenkov [2016-06-06 13:55 +0300]:
> What is advantage in having static *.wants etc directories in
> /usr/lib/systemd vs. Wants etc directives directly in unit definition?
> They complicate troubleshooting (you no more have complete definition
> by looking just at unit source), they complicate building (extra steps
> to install them); what are they good for?

These are much simpler to ship in packages than shipping a
foo.service.d/mywants.conf with "Wants=". In both cases the .service
isn't completely self-contained but extended with an external file,
but the symlinks are structurally simpler.

Martin
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