Re: [EXT] Re: Q: handling generator-like dependency: target won't start on boot

[Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 4:01 PM Ulrich Windl
<Ulrich.Windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >>> Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 29.09.2022 um 13:57 in
> Nachricht
> <CAA91j0WN1p7fX-EdbwkpQkB8ok39Oc7oG+0SUDK8vtqAo6F2bg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> ...
> >> I don't quite understand what an "initial transaction" is,
> >
> > The set of (start) jobs starting with default.targtet (or whatever
> > target was given to systemd as "initial target") and following
> > dependency chain (Wants and Requires). It is computed once when
> > systemd is started and it can only include units that are available
> > when systemd computes it. Anything added later (even if it has
> > dependency with units that are already part of the transaction) will
> > not be seen and used by systemd.
>
> Would using daemon-reexec instead make a difference?
>

Very unlikely.