[systemd-devel] Wtrlt: Re: Antw: Re: Unexplainable unit restart ("Start request repeated too quickly")

[Michael Chapman]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2019, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> >>> Michael Chapman <mike at very.puzzling.org> schrieb am 04.06.2019 um 11:04 in
> Nachricht <alpine.LFD.2.21.1906041855390.3180 at beren.home>:
[...]
> > As you can see, even E.service was only started once.
> > 
> > Are you sure you were actually doing everything in one transaction?
> 
> I guess your version is significantly newer than 228. In 228 I have some odd
> effects hard to explain (I'm still trying to learn).

I just tested it on systemd 239 (Fedora 29) and systemd 219 (RHEL 7). Same 
behaviour.
 
> As far as I can tell the following commands were issued (during package
> upgrade):
> reenable E
> start E
> reenable A
> restart A

At this point, if E has already completed and become inactive, then 
restarting A will start E again. This is to be expected.