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If starting a service has dependencies, not explicitly spelling out those dependencies and relying on the init system is akin to relying on unspecified behaviou

by ink_13 4y ago

If starting a service has dependencies, not explicitly spelling out those dependencies and relying on the init system is akin to relying on unspecified behaviour. So among other things, don't be surprised if that's unreliable. > specifying dependencies in separate unit files was really painful and basically impossible to debug This is actually quite easy to check and to claim otherwise is FUD

alxlaz 4y ago
> This is actually quite easy to check and to claim otherwise is FUD It's only easy to check if you have a small number of dependent services that mostly go one way. On the general case it absolutely isn't easy to check. If I had a dime every time I've seen non-trivial chains of serial operations implemented through a systemd target that just runs a shell script, I could erect an ice statue for Stephen Bourne and it would be made out of the frozen tears of everyone who's had to deal with both systemd and shell scripts.