From cbfa0431494523ccdae45faab75af173bcc059ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Boccassi Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 14:48:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] man: explicitly mention that Requires propagates restarts It's implicit, but the actions are different, so let's be explicit to avoid any confusion. --- man/systemd.unit.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml index 0b0a66713f5..7b4bd44f263 100644 --- a/man/systemd.unit.xml +++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml @@ -630,8 +630,8 @@ If this unit gets activated, the units listed will be activated as well. If one of the other units fails to activate, and an ordering dependency After= on the failing unit is set, this unit will not be started. Besides, with or without specifying - After=, this unit will be stopped if one of the other units is explicitly - stopped. + After=, this unit will be stopped (or restarted) if one of the other units is + explicitly stopped (or restarted). Often, it is a better choice to use Wants= instead of Requires= in order to achieve a system that is more robust when dealing with -- 2.47.3