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unit: add minimal condition checker for unit startup
[elogind.git] / man / systemd.xml
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                 as well as in the process of being activated or
                 deactivated, i.e. between the two states (these states
                 are called 'activating', 'deactivating'). A special
-                'maintenance' state is available as well which is very
+                'failed' state is available as well which is very
                 similar to 'inactive' and is entered when the service
                 failed in some way (process returned error code on
                 exit, or crashed, or an operation timed out). If this
                 track of processes. Control group information is
                 maintained in the kernel, and is accessible via the
                 file system hierarchy (beneath
-                <filename>/cgroup/systemd/</filename>), or in tools
+                <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/</filename>), or in tools
                 such as
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 (<command>ps xawf -eo pid,user,cgroup,args</command>
                 ideas behind systemd please refer to the <ulink
                 url="http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html">Original
                 Design Document</ulink>.</para>
+
+                <para>Note that some but not all interfaces provided
+                by systemd are covered by the <ulink
+                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/InterfaceStabilityPromise">Interface
+                Stability Promise</ulink>.</para>
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