From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:36:41 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: document that inability to execute Symlinks= is not fatal
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man: document that inability to execute Symlinks= is not fatal

Fixes: #6920
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diff --git a/man/systemd.socket.xml b/man/systemd.socket.xml
index 2dfca713e4b..68d01cccc58 100644
--- a/man/systemd.socket.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.socket.xml
@@ -804,14 +804,13 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>Symlinks=</varname></term>
-        <listitem><para>Takes a list of file system paths. The
-        specified paths will be created as symlinks to the AF_UNIX
-        socket path or FIFO path of this socket unit. If this setting
-        is used, only one AF_UNIX socket in the file system or one
-        FIFO may be configured for the socket unit. Use this option to
-        manage one or more symlinked alias names for a socket, binding
-        their lifecycle together. If the empty string is assigned, the
-        list of paths is reset. Defaults to the empty list.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>Takes a list of file system paths. The specified paths will be created as symlinks to the
+        <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket path or FIFO path of this socket unit. If this setting is used, only one
+        <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket in the file system or one FIFO may be configured for the socket unit. Use
+        this option to manage one or more symlinked alias names for a socket, binding their lifecycle together. Note
+        that if creation of a symlink fails this is not considered fatal for the socket unit, and the socket unit may
+        still start. If an empty string is assigned, the list of paths is reset. Defaults to an empty
+        list.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>