[systemd-devel] Q: Wanting a target

[Ulrich Windl]

Hi!

I think there was a recent discussion saying that no unit should Want= or Require= a target, but only use them for ordering.
I have basically three questions:

1) Is the statement above correct?

2) When is a target displayed as "started" by sysctemctl status then?

3: Which of the following (form current SLES12 SP5, grep-style) are wrong?:

/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service:Wants=network.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service:After=network.target

/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service:Requires= network.target proc-fs-nfsd.mount
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service:After= network.target proc-fs-nfsd.mount rpcbind.socket nfs-mountd.service

/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service:After=network.target

Regards,
Ulrich