[systemd-devel] Disable message "A start job is running for myservice"

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Dec 10 13:12:22 UTC 2018



Am 10.12.18 um 14:09 schrieb Paolo Minazzi:
> Il 10/12/2018 14:00, Reindl Harald ha scritto:
>> no and this all sounds like seeking a solution for a non existing
>> problem! what in the world do you achieve whne your system hangs around
>> at boot and don't tell you any reason?
>>
>> "TimeoutStartSec=" controls the limit so that it won't get killed
>> prematurely and having a system talking to you telling it's not dead is
>> a good thing, always
> Hi Reindl,
> thanks for your fast replay.
> I understand your suggestion.
> But there are cases , for example the attaching and mount of an UBI
> volume, that can require more than 8 seconds. I would prefer a message
> that the mounting process in running, and not a generic systemd message
> with the counter. The systemd message seems an error, this is my idea.

no, the message is pretty fine, it tells which service is about to be
started and so just make your "Description=" clear which is displayed in
context and when it "seems an error" the error is the uneducated user in
front of the screen and not systemd


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