No, it was accidental.Thanks for pointing it out. I'll get this corrected. https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-38313
On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 at 17:02, Mark Bolhuis via discuss <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all > > This is my first time using mariadb and was setting it up on my Linux PC for > local > use only. I wanted to make use of socket based activation since I won't need > frequent > access to my databases. > > I was reading the mariadb systemd documentation at: > https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-management/starting-and-stopping-mariadb/systemd#using-systemd-socket-activation > This explains that mariadb supports socket activation which is great, but > mariadb.socket > and others are missing their [Install] section. > > I've solved this temporarily by including a drop-in file: > /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.socket.d/00-install.conf > ``` > [Install] > WantedBy=sockets.target > ``` > > However this seems like a huge oversight to me. So much that I'm confused if > this > is in fact an intentional decision. Socket activation was introduced in > MDEV-5536 > over 4 years ago, and in that time no changes have been made. I was not able > to > find any mention of a lack of [Install] in documentation of git commit > history. > In fact the documentation I list above explicitly mentions installing the > socket > using `systemctl enable mariadb.socket` which right now throws an error. > > I'd appreciate some clarification on this. > > Regards > Mark Bolhuis > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
