On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:27 PM Martin Pitt <martin.p...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Andrei Borzenkov [2016-06-06 13:55 +0300]: > > What is advantage in having static *.wants etc directories in > > /usr/lib/systemd vs. Wants etc directives directly in unit definition? > > They complicate troubleshooting (you no more have complete definition > > by looking just at unit source), they complicate building (extra steps > > to install them); what are they good for? > > These are much simpler to ship in packages than shipping a > foo.service.d/mywants.conf with "Wants=". In both cases the .service > isn't completely self-contained but extended with an external file, > but the symlinks are structurally simpler. > Also, the conf snippets were introduced later. That said, the way symlinks in these directories are handled is a bit weird. IIRC only the name of the link matters, unless a unit by that name isn't known already, in which case it's loaded through the link.
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