Reindl Harald wrote on 04/07/17 19:50: >> When new configuration options are added, the same unit file can >> almost always be used with older systemd, and it'll just warn & ignore >> the parts it doesn't understand. Similarly, various configuration >> options might be unavailable on some architectures and with some >> compilation options. The current behaviour of warn&ignore provides >> for "soft degradation" in those cases. > > frankly a new option on the left side is a completly different thing > than a invalid value - just silently continue with invalid values of > existing options is playing a danergous game in a crucial component like > systemd
It's a rare thing :p but I have to agree with you here! I'd say if "User=-notauser" then silently failing and using root is acceptable as per the usual semantics of "- prefix suppresses errors", but "User=notauser" should fail IMO. Col -- Colin Guthrie colin(at)mageia.org http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/ Open Source: Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/ PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/ Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/ _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
