[systemd-devel] [EXT] Re: Re: "OnUnitInactiveSec Timer not firing" issue

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 9:30 AM Windl, Ulrich <u.windl at ukr.de> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 4:12 PM
> > To: Windl, Ulrich <u.windl at ukr.de>
> > Cc: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>; systemd-
> > devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Subject: [EXT] Re: Re: [systemd-devel] "OnUnitInactiveSec Timer not firing"
> > issue
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM Windl, Ulrich <u.windl at ukr.de> wrote:
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar at gmail.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2024 1:19 PM
> > > > To: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: Windl, Ulrich <u.windl at ukr.de>; systemd-
> > devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > Subject: [EXT] Re: [systemd-devel] "OnUnitInactiveSec Timer not firing"
> > issue
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
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> > > > >>
> > > > >> Furthermore it seems to be necessary to run the service unit itself,
> > too
> > > > (assuming it must be enabled also, right?)
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> > > > > No. The purpose of the timer is to start the service, so starting the
> > service
> > > > manually (or "enabling" it, to be started on boot) would be redundant.
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> > > >
> > > > OnUnitInactiveSec begins counting when service gets stopped. How is
> > > > this timer supposed to start a service that was never active (and
> > > > hence never stopped) before?
> > > [Windl, Ulrich]
> > >
> > > OK, so what would you suggest instead?
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> > Did you even try to read my reply to *your* original post?
> [Windl, Ulrich]
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> You wrote "... starting the service manually (or "enabling" it, to be started on boot) would be redundant.",

No, I did not write it.