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236 lines
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From 06c5b7a9f3d47834ea4dbbfb24f169b6893dd338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:23:01 -0500
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Subject: [PATCH] man: explicitly say when multiple units can be specified
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itistoday> how do you specify multiple dependencies in a unit file? i've been
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googling and can't find this basic thing :-\
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itistoday> do you use a comma, or use multiple After= statements?
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---
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man/systemd.unit.xml | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
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1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
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index 5c8b8e8..029392c 100644
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--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
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+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
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@@ -410,10 +410,12 @@
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of the other units gets deactivated or
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its activation fails, this unit will
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be deactivated. This option may be
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- specified more than once, in which
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- case requirement dependencies for all
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- listed names are created. Note that
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- requirement dependencies do not
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+ specified more than once or multiple
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+ space-separated units may be specified
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+ in one option in which case
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+ requirement dependencies for all
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+ listed names will be created. Note
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+ that requirement dependencies do not
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influence the order in which services
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are started or stopped. This has to be
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configured independently with the
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@@ -476,22 +478,23 @@
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<term><varname>RequisiteOverridable=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Similar to
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- <varname>Requires=</varname>
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- and <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>, respectively. However,
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- if a unit listed here is not started
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- already it will not be started and the
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- transaction fails
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- immediately.</para></listitem>
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+ <varname>Requires=</varname> and
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+ <varname>RequiresOverridable=</varname>,
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+ respectively. However, if the units
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+ listed here are not started already
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+ they will not be started and the
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+ transaction will fail immediately.
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+ </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>Wants=</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>A weaker version of
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- <varname>Requires=</varname>. A unit
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+ <varname>Requires=</varname>. Units
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listed in this option will be started
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if the configuring unit is. However,
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- if the listed unit fails to start up
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+ if the listed units fail to start
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or cannot be added to the transaction
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this has no impact on the validity of
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the transaction as a whole. This is
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@@ -501,8 +504,8 @@
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<para>Note that dependencies of this
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type may also be configured outside of
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- the unit configuration file by
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- adding a symlink to a
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+ the unit configuration file by adding
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+ symlinks to a
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<filename>.wants/</filename> directory
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accompanying the unit file. For
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details see above.</para></listitem>
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@@ -534,7 +537,7 @@
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of units. When systemd stops or restarts
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the units listed here, the action is
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propagated to this unit.
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- Note that this is a one way dependency -
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+ Note that this is a one way dependency —
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changes to this unit do not affect the
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listed units.
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</para></listitem>
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@@ -543,12 +546,12 @@
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>Conflicts=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>Configures negative
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+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
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+ of unit names. Configures negative
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requirement dependencies. If a unit
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- has a
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- <varname>Conflicts=</varname> setting
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- on another unit, starting the former
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- will stop the latter and vice
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+ has a <varname>Conflicts=</varname>
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+ setting on another unit, starting the
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+ former will stop the latter and vice
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versa. Note that this setting is
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independent of and orthogonal to the
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<varname>After=</varname> and
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@@ -575,7 +578,8 @@
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<term><varname>Before=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>After=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>Configures ordering
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+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
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+ of unit names. Configures ordering
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dependencies between units. If a unit
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<filename>foo.service</filename>
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contains a setting
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@@ -624,18 +628,18 @@
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type <varname>After=</varname> or
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<varname>Before=</varname>. If two
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units have no ordering dependencies
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- between them, they are shut down
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- or started up simultaneously, and
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- no ordering takes
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+ between them, they are shut down or
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+ started up simultaneously, and no
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+ ordering takes
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place. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>OnFailure=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>Lists one or more
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- units that are activated when this
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- unit enters the
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+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
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+ of one or more units that are
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+ activated when this unit enters the
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<literal>failed</literal>
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state.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@@ -644,16 +648,17 @@
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<term><varname>PropagatesReloadTo=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>ReloadPropagatedFrom=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>Lists one or more
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- units where reload requests on the
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- unit will be propagated to/on the
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- other unit will be propagated
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- from. Issuing a reload request on a
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- unit will automatically also enqueue a
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- reload request on all units that the
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- reload request shall be propagated to
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- via these two
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- settings.</para></listitem>
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+ <listitem><para>A space-separated list
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+ of one or more units where reload
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+ requests on this unit will be
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+ propagated to, or reload requests on
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+ the other unit will be propagated to
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+ this unit, respectively. Issuing a
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+ reload request on a unit will
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+ automatically also enqueue a reload
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+ request on all units that the reload
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+ request shall be propagated to via
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+ these two settings.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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@@ -1089,32 +1094,34 @@
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>Alias=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>Additional names this
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- unit shall be installed under. The
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- names listed here must have the same
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- suffix (i.e. type) as the unit file
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- name. This option may be specified
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- more than once, in which case all
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- listed names are used. At installation
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- time,
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- <command>systemctl enable</command>
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- will create symlinks from these names
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- to the unit filename.</para></listitem>
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+ <listitem><para>A space-seperated list
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+ of additional names this unit shall be
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+ installed under. The names listed here
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+ must have the same suffix (i.e. type)
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+ as the unit file name. This option may
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+ be specified more than once, in which
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+ case all listed names are used. At
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+ installation time, <command>systemctl
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+ enable</command> will create symlinks
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+ from these names to the unit
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+ filename.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>WantedBy=</varname></term>
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<term><varname>RequiredBy=</varname></term>
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- <listitem><para>A symbolic link is
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- created in the
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- <filename>.wants/</filename> or
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- <filename>.requires/</filename> directory
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- of the listed unit when this unit is
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- activated by <command>systemctl
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- enable</command>. This has the effect
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- that a dependency of type
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- <varname>Wants=</varname> or
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+ <listitem><para>This option may be
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+ used more than once, or a
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+ space-separated list of unit names may
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+ be given. A symbolic link is created
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+ in the <filename>.wants/</filename> or
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+ <filename>.requires/</filename>
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+ directory of each of the listed units
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+ when this unit is installed by
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+ <command>systemctl enable</command>.
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+ This has the effect that a dependency
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+ of type <varname>Wants=</varname> or
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<varname>Requires=</varname> is added
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from the listed unit to the current
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unit. The primary result is that the
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@@ -1160,7 +1167,12 @@
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and <command>systemctl
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disable</command> will automatically
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install/uninstall units listed in this option as
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- well.</para></listitem>
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+ well.</para>
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+
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+ <para>This option may be used more
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+ than once, or a space-separated list
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+ of unit names may be
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+ given.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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