Am 26.02.2018 um 10:29 schrieb Bastian Blank: > Hi Michael > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 09:46:22AM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: >> do we have something like virtual entities for systemd service files? In SysV >> we could require that mail-transport-agent was started before starting a >> service. But how is this supposed to be handled with systemd? > > You can have aliases, like there exists one in form of syslog.service. > For such aliases you just define normal After/Wants/Requires entries. Such abstract entities / synchronization points are usually defined using targets. See man systemd.target and systemd.special > However I really would start one step before. What exactly do you think > a service dependency on "mail-transport-agent" does provide you? > > The virtual package "mail-transport-agent" provides you with > /usr/sbin/sendmail to send mails. However to use this interface you > don't need a service running (and several implementations of this > interface don't have any service apart from cron). I agree. Such synchronization points are best avoided if possible. As a side note: In the past, the systemd package shipped a mail-transport-agent.target but this was dropped in 229-6 https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/commit/e50c3295026fda0aa67d0c5d8f7a22c6f2e56efa I would prefer if mail-transport-agent.target was not re-introduced. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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