Sebastian, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
For a systemd service you can easily override it and to modify/add options. As an example, you should be able to achieve a similar result to what you describe by using: /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service.d# cat override.conf [Service] EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/tomcat8.local Please see https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#EnvironmentFile= for a description on the expected file format. If that solution is not enough, could you please describe why or what is it missing? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819721 Title: tomcat8 SRU for bionic uses systemd service instead of init scripts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat8/+bug/1819721/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs