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| author |   Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2018-06-04 11:58:21 +0200 |
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| committer |   GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-06-04 11:58:21 +0200 |
| commit | 0be9b12be2eadfd9c296f12874dffb5d17c68484 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d639f0acd3b9542788e7efd7788e356fc78986a /man | |
| parent | core: go to failure state if the main service process fails and RemainAfterEx... (diff) | |
| parent | systemctl: when removing enablement or mask symlinks, cover both /run and /etc (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #9147 from keszybz/runtime-enablement
Runtime enablement
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index b5b9bec30..7a2777664 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -570,19 +570,19 @@ <term><option>--runtime</option></term> <listitem> - <para>When used with <command>enable</command>, - <command>disable</command>, <command>edit</command>, - (and related commands), make changes only temporarily, so - that they are lost on the next reboot. This will have the - effect that changes are not made in subdirectories of - <filename>/etc</filename> but in <filename>/run</filename>, - with identical immediate effects, however, since the latter + <para>When used with <command>set-property</command>, make changes only + temporarily, so that they are lost on the next reboot.</para> + + <para>Similarily, when used with <command>enable</command>, <command>mask</command>, + <command>edit</command> and related commands, make temporary changes, which are lost on + the next reboot. Changes are not made in subdirectories of <filename>/etc</filename>, but + in <filename>/run</filename>. The immediate effect is identical, however since the latter is lost on reboot, the changes are lost too.</para> - <para>Similarly, when used with - <command>set-property</command>, make changes only - temporarily, so that they are lost on the next - reboot.</para> + <para>Note: this option cannot be used with <command>disable</command>, + <command>unmask</command>, <command>preset</command>, or <command>preset-all</command>, + because those operations sometimes need to remove symlinks under <filename>/etc</filename> + to have the desired effect, which would cause a persistent change.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |