On 17.03.2022 14:15, Ulrich Windl wrote: >>>> Andrei Borzenkov <arvidj...@gmail.com> schrieb am 17.03.2022 um 12:08 in > Nachricht > <caa91j0vhohcghpt1lbk4ro0phxzmeoe6evktsogf16rvj4b...@mail.gmail.com>: >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:32 PM Ulrich Windl >> <ulrich.wi...@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> When reading the manual page systemd.unit(5), I'm not quite sure what the >> difference between AssertPathExists and ConditionPathExists is: >>> >>> (Condition) >>> If the specified absolute path name does not exist, the condition will fail. >>> >>> Vs. >>> >>> (Assert) >>> However, unlike the conditions settings, any assertion setting that is not >> met results >>> in failure of the start job it was triggered by. >>> ---- >>> What does that mean effectively? >>> >> >> Assert makes the start job fail, which triggers any followup failure >> processing (like failure of other units Requiring this one). Condition >> silently skips starting of this unit but proceeds normally with >> starting dependent units. > > OK, ist that "skip" actually a "skip once (and silently) for now", or is it > more like a "delay until no longer true"? >
Start job is completed without doing anything, there is no delay.
