and ordering dependencies are placed between two
units. Also note that the majority of dependencies are
implicitly created and maintained by systemd. In most
- cases it should be unnecessary to declare additional
+ cases, it should be unnecessary to declare additional
dependencies manually, however it is possible to do
this.</para>
<term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <option>true</option>,
- shows terse service status updates on
- the console during bootup. Defaults to
+ argument or the constant
+ <constant>auto</constant>. If
+ <option>true</option>, shows terse
+ service status updates on the console
+ during bootup.
+ <constant>auto</constant> behaves like
+ <option>false</option> until a service
+ fails or there is a significant delay
+ in boot. Defaults to
<option>true</option>, unless
<option>quiet</option> is passed as
kernel command line option in which
case it defaults to
- <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <constant>auto</constant>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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