From: Luca Boccassi Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:49:26 +0000 (+0100) Subject: man: clarify that machined RootDirectory parameter is informational only X-Git-Tag: v258~2^2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e80394e19303add17091ec0ce44c34a94645e8cf;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git man: clarify that machined RootDirectory parameter is informational only It's basically just a label, it is not used for any purpose --- diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.machine1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.machine1.xml index ccd81be659c..fcabd6da2b3 100644 --- a/man/org.freedesktop.machine1.xml +++ b/man/org.freedesktop.machine1.xml @@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ node /org/freedesktop/machine1 { be either container or vm indicating whether the machine to register is of the respective class. The leader PID should be the host PID of the init process of the container or the encapsulating process of the VM. If the root directory of the container is known and - available in the host's hierarchy, it should be passed. Otherwise, pass the empty string instead. Finally, the + available in the host's hierarchy, it should be passed (note that this is for informational purposes + only, and will not be used otherwise). Otherwise, pass the empty string instead. Finally, the scope properties are passed as array in the same way as to PID1's StartTransientUnit() method. Calling this method will internally register a transient scope unit for the calling client (utilizing the passed scope_properties) and move the leader PID into