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diff --git a/man/daemon.xml b/man/daemon.xml
index 30d39d7be..997ee5b25 100644
--- a/man/daemon.xml
+++ b/man/daemon.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
In the child, call
fork() again, to
- ensure the daemon can never re-aquire
+ ensure the daemon can never re-acquire
a terminal again.
Call exit() in the
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
Instead of using the
syslog() call to log directly to the
- system logger, a new-style daemon may
+ system syslog service, a new-style daemon may
choose to simply log to STDERR via
fprintf(), which is then forwarded to
syslog by the init system. If log
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
url="http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html">LSB
Linux Standard Base Core
Specification. This method of
- activation is supported ubiquitiously on Linux
+ activation is supported ubiquitously on Linux
init systems, both old-style and new-style
systems. Among other issues SysV init scripts
have the disadvantage of involving shell
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
activation of daemons. However, the primary
advantage of this scheme is that all providers
and all consumers of the sockets can be
- started in parallel as soon als all sockets
+ started in parallel as soon as all sockets
are established. In addition to that daemons
can be restarted with losing only a minimal
number of client transactions or even any
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
to the CPU and IO schedulers. If a process
executed by the init system shall not
negatively impact the amount of CPU or IO
- bandwith available to other processes, it
+ bandwidth available to other processes, it
should be configured with
CPUSchedulingPolicy=idle
and/or
@@ -705,24 +705,6 @@
operating
system-independent.
- Since not all syslog
- implementations are socket-activatable
- yet, it is recommended to place an
- After=syslog.target
- dependency in service files for
- daemons that can log to
- syslog. syslog.target
- then either pulls in the syslog daemon
- itself or simply the activation
- socket. A Wants= or
- even Requires=
- dependency should generally not be
- added, since it should be up to the
- administrator whether he wants to
- enable logging or not, and most syslog
- clients work fine if no log daemon is
- running.
-
Make sure to include
an [Install]
section including installation
@@ -760,8 +742,8 @@
--variable=systemdsystemunitdir (for
system services), resp. pkg-config
systemd
- --variable=systemdsessionunitdir
- (for session services). This will make the
+ --variable=systemduserunitdir
+ (for user services). This will make the
services available in the system on explicit
request but not activate them automatically
during boot. Optionally, during package
@@ -785,15 +767,17 @@
AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
[], [with_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)])
-AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir"])
+if test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno; then
+ AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])
This snippet allows automatic
installation of the unit files on systemd
machines, and optionally allows their
installation even on machines lacking
systemd. (Modification of this snippet for the
- session unit directory is left as excercise to the
+ user unit directory is left as an exercise for the
reader.)
Additionally, to ensure that
@@ -826,22 +810,29 @@ endif
%post
if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
- # Enable (but don't start) the units by default
+ # On install (not upgrade), enable (but don't start) the
+ # units by default
/bin/systemctl enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+
+ # Alternatively, just call
+ # /bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+ # here, if the daemon should not be enabled by default on
+ # installation
fi
%preun
if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
- # Disable and stop the units
- /bin/systemctl disable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+ # On uninstall (not upgrade), disable and stop the units
+ /bin/systemctl --no-reload disable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
/bin/systemctl stop foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
fi
%postun
+# Reload init system configuration, to make systemd honour changed
+# or deleted unit files
+/bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
if [ $1 -ge 1 ] ; then
- # On upgrade, reload init system configuration if we changed unit files
- /bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
- # On upgrade, restart the daemon
+ # On upgrade (not uninstall), optionally, restart the daemon
/bin/systemctl try-restart foobar.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
fi
@@ -853,6 +844,29 @@ fi
systemctl1
for details.
+ To facilitate upgrades from a package
+ version that shipped only SysV init scripts to
+ a package version that ships both a SysV init
+ script and a native systemd service file, use
+ a fragment like the following:
+
+ %triggerun -- foobar < 0.47.11-1
+if /sbin/chkconfig --level 5 foobar ; then
+ /bin/systemctl --no-reload enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
+
+ Where 0.47.11-1 is the first package
+ version that includes the native unit
+ file. This fragment will ensure that the first
+ time the unit file is installed it will be
+ enabled if and only if the SysV init script is
+ enabled, thus making sure that the enable
+ status is not changed. Note that
+ chkconfig is a command
+ specific to Fedora which can be used to check
+ whether a SysV init script is enabled. Other
+ operating systems will have to use different
+ commands here.