Commit 4a77ca7 was an attempt at fixing the wording of --after and --before, but the new wording was unclear.
Split the combined --after/--before section into a separate section for each, explicitly state what each option does, and add information about how these lists are generated. Reported-by: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidj...@gmail.com> Reported-by: Lennart Poettering <lenn...@poettering.net> --- This is a resubmission of my previous patch here: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-March/017860.html man/systemctl.xml | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index ee6ab8f..3e252bd 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -145,12 +145,27 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. <varlistentry> <term><option>--after</option></term> + + <listitem> + <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the + units that are ordered before the specified unit. In other + words, list the units that are in the <varname>After=</varname> + directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in + their <varname>Before=</varname> directive, or are otherwise + implicit dependencies of the specified unit.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--before</option></term> <listitem> - <para>Show after (before) which units the specified unit is started - with <command>list-dependencies</command>. - </para> + <para>With <command>list-dependencies</command>, show the + units that are ordered after the specified unit. In other + words, list the units that are in the <varname>Before=</varname> + directive of the specified unit, have the specified unit in + their <varname>After=</varname> directive, or otherwise depend + on the specified unit.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> -- 1.9.0 _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
