Re: systemd .service file conversion
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- Subject: Re: systemd .service file conversion
- From: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:07:19 +0200
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- In-reply-to: <evfn7a-03j.ln1@silverstone.rilynn.me.uk> (Roger Lynn's message of "Fri, 31 May 2013 22:06:22 +0100")
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]] Roger Lynn
> I prefer to be notified of changes to configuration files during upgrades so
> that I know which configurations need updating, rather than just hoping that
> the old config will work with the updated package and missing out on any new
> options silently introduced in a master configuration file which I can't
> even easily diff for updates.
There are ways to do that with .service files, and while it's been a
while since we (in the systemd team) discussed how to do it, it's quite
likely we'll go with an approach that uses ucf and does notify on
update-with-changes.
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Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are
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