From 2bd88a2944d852b4e94713651b2487e899624a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 15:34:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] man: strengthen language about generator output

Inspired by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165433.
---
 man/systemd.generator.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/systemd.generator.xml b/man/systemd.generator.xml
index 19ec586fa08..79c046faac4 100644
--- a/man/systemd.generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.generator.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
         precedence.</para>
       </listitem>
     </orderedlist>
+
+    <para>Note: generators <emphasis>must not</emphasis> write to other locations or otherwise make changes
+    to system state. Generator output is supposed to last only until the next
+    <command>daemon-reload</command> or <command>daemon-reexec</command>; if the generator is replaced
+    or masked, its effects should vanish.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
-- 
2.47.3