[systemd-devel] Question on Before=

[Reindl Harald]

Am 02.02.19 um 21:03 schrieb Steve Dickson:
> On 2/2/19 2:48 PM, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 02, 2019 at 02:42:15PM -0500, Steve Dickson wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> In a.service  I have 
>>>
>>> [Unit]
>>> Before=b.service 
>>>
>>> [Install]
>>> RequiredBy=b.service
>>>
>>> when I systemd start b.service (which happens to fail) 
>>> but... a.service is not being run.
>>>
>>> So I guess my question is what do I have to do
>>> to ensure a.service is *always* run before b.service?
>>
>>   Have you enabled a.service?
>>
> No... I did not think I had to... I figured 
> when b.service was started, a.service would be 
> run regardless of being enabled or disabled.
> 
> Is that not the case?

that's not how it works