On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM, solsTiCe d'Hiver <
solstice.dhiver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For me, systemd service/unit file are just meant to be that, tailored to
> archlinux.
>
> I think that they talk about the lines
EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/gpm
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm $GPM_ARGS
The /etc/conf.d/gpm files is used _only_ for givin options to the gmp
daemon. In a systemd configuration you usually dont want or need this.
Simply have a file /usr/lib/systemd/system/gpm.service with:
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm
If you need to pass extra arguments you copy it into
/etc/systemd/system/pm.service and change the line
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm --extra-options
And no need for extra /etc/conf.d/* files. Naturally, if you really want
you can still use the file with EnvironmentFile=, but that's not the
Systemd Way (tm).
Personally I would prefer that the package version would have:
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpm $GPM_ARGS
Without even defining the GPM_ARGS variable (or with a sane default). And
then we can have in /etc/...:
.include /usr/lib/systemd/system/gpm.service
[Service]
Environment=GPM_ARGS=--extra-options
Or even EnvironmentFile=... And no need to keep track of every change in
the upstream file.
Just my two cents.
Regards.
--
Rodrigo
