On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 01:54:37PM +0000, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > Is there a way to remove / override wants that are specified via > .wants directory, .d snippet with "Wants=", or wants specified in the > unit itself? > > I thought that creating a symlink to /dev/null from a higher up > directory would disable wants dependency but it didn't: > > e.g.: > I was expecting for > /run/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service -> /dev/null > > to cancel > > /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service -> > ../../../../usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service > > However i've found that the target of the symlink does not matter, and > thus symlinks to /dev/null in .wants directory enable the > dependencies. > > One can experiment with just dummy foo.target and bar.target in > /etc/systemd/system. > > Similarly I've tried adding .d snippet with "Wants=!unwanted.service" > but that only failed to load the snippet... > > So, is there a way to unwant something, as an override? IIRC, we had a discussion about that, but I don't remember the result.
In any case, /etc overrides /run, so your example can never work. zbyszek _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
