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authorJohn Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>2017-09-12 06:02:27 +0200
committerJohn Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>2017-09-13 05:39:09 +0200
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man: explicitly distinguish "implicit dependencies" and "default dependencies"
Fixes: #6793
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</refsect1>
<refsect1>
- <title>Automatic Dependencies</title>
-
- <para>A number of unit dependencies are automatically established,
- depending on unit configuration. On top of that, for units with
- <varname>DefaultDependencies=yes</varname> (the default) a couple
- of additional dependencies are added. The precise effect of
- <varname>DefaultDependencies=yes</varname> depends on the unit
- type (see below).</para>
-
- <para>If <varname>DefaultDependencies=yes</varname> is set, units
- that are referenced by other units of type
- <filename>.target</filename> via a <varname>Wants=</varname> or
- <varname>Requires=</varname> dependency might automatically gain
- an <varname>Before=</varname> dependency too. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <title>Implicit Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>A number of unit dependencies are implicitly established,
+ depending on unit type and unit configuration. These implicit
+ dependencies can make unit configuration file cleaner. For the
+ implicit dependencies in each unit type, please refer to
+ section "Implicit Dependencies" in respective man pages.</para>
+
+ <para>For example, service units with <varname>Type=dbus</varname>
+ automatically acquire dependencies of type <varname>Requires=</varname>
+ and <varname>After=</varname> on <filename>dbus.socket</filename>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Default Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>Default dependencies are similar to implicit dependencies,
+ but can be turned on and off by setting
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> to <varname>yes</varname>
+ (the default) and <varname>no</varname>, while implicit dependencies
+ are always in effect. See section "Default Dependencies" in respective
+ man pages for the effect of enabling
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=</varname> in each unit types.</para>
+
+ <para>For example, target units will complement all configured
+ dependencies of type type <varname>Wants=</varname> or
+ <varname>Requires=</varname> with dependencies of type
+ <varname>After=</varname>. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details. Note that this behavior can be turned off by setting
+ <varname>DefaultDependencies=no</varname>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Unit File Load Path</title>
<para>Unit files are loaded from a set of paths determined during