> On 10 Jan 2023, at 13:56, Markus Rathgeb <maggu2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thank you both for your replies and suggestions. > I assume this one is related: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/1312 > And yes, I found a lot of posts about this, but no real solution. > > I will further read further details about 'Upholds' and 'PropagatesStopTo. > > The real use case I need to solve involves another service. > > test2 not only requires test1 but also test0. > So, test2 should only be actived if test1 and test0 are activated. > > The optimal solution IMHO does not require to change test0 or test1. As test2 > is the one with the requirements. > > I assume I can use WantedBy in the install section of test2, but this would > require that the service is enabled / installed and not only started (for my > use case okay, but IMHO not optimal).
WantedBy may not do what you think, see systemd.unit man page. Note: WantedBy= and RequiredBy= are used in the [Install] section to create symlinks in .wants/ and .requires/ directories. They cannot be used directly as a unit configuration setting. Barry
