man: document that we now accept more than one main process for Type=oneshot services

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index 70c1d1e5f..c3eebeabc 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -129,25 +129,27 @@
                                 configured with
                                 <varname>ExecStart=</varname> is the
                                 main process of the service. In this
-                                mode, communication channels must be
-                                installed before the daemon is started
-                                up (e.g. sockets set up by systemd,
-                                via socket activation), as systemd
-                                will immediately proceed starting
-                                follow-up units.</para>
+                                mode, if the process offers
+                                functionality to other processes on
+                                the system its communication channels
+                                should be installed before the daemon
+                                is started up (e.g. sockets set up by
+                                systemd, via socket activation), as
+                                systemd will immediately proceed
+                                starting follow-up units.</para>
 
                                 <para>If set to
                                 <option>forking</option> it is
                                 expected that the process configured
                                 with <varname>ExecStart=</varname>
-                                will start up and call
-                                <function>fork()</function>. The
-                                parent process is expected to finish
-                                when start-up is complete and all
-                                communication channels set up. The
-                                child continues to run as the main
-                                daemon process. This is the behaviour
-                                of traditional UNIX daemons. If this
+                                will call <function>fork()</function>
+                                as part of its start-up. The parent process is
+                                expected to exit when start-up is
+                                complete and all communication
+                                channels set up. The child continues
+                                to run as the main daemon
+                                process. This is the behaviour of
+                                traditional UNIX daemons. If this
                                 setting is used, it is recommended to
                                 also use the
                                 <varname>PIDFile=</varname> option, so
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@
                                 will proceed starting follow-up units
                                 after the D-Bus bus name has been
                                 acquired. Service units with this
-                                option configured implicitly have
+                                option configured implicitly gain
                                 dependencies on the
                                 <filename>dbus.target</filename>
                                 unit.</para>
@@ -193,11 +195,11 @@
                                 notification message has been sent. If
                                 this option is used
                                 <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> (see
-                                below) must be set to open access to
+                                below) should be set to open access to
                                 the notification socket provided by
                                 systemd. If
                                 <varname>NotifyAccess=</varname> is not
-                                set, it will be implicitly set to
+                                set, it will implicitly be set to
                                 <option>main</option>.</para>
                                 </listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
@@ -250,21 +252,31 @@
                                 arguments for the process. It is
                                 mandatory to set this option for all
                                 services. This option may not be
-                                specified more than once. Optionally,
-                                if the absolute file name is prefixed
-                                with <literal>@</literal>, the second
-                                token will be passed as
+                                specified more than once, except when
+                                <varname>Type=oneshot</varname> is
+                                used in which case more than one
+                                <varname>ExecStart=</varname> line is
+                                accepted which are then invoked one by
+                                one, sequentially in the order they
+                                appear in the unit file.</para>
+
+                                <para>Optionally, if the absolute file
+                                name is prefixed with
+                                <literal>@</literal>, the second token
+                                will be passed as
                                 <literal>argv[0]</literal> to the
                                 executed process, followed by the
                                 further arguments specified. If the
                                 first token is prefixed with
-                                <literal>-</literal> an error code of
+                                <literal>-</literal> an exit code of
                                 the command normally considered a
-                                failure is ignored and considered
-                                success. If both <literal>-</literal>
-                                and <literal>@</literal> are used for
-                                the same command the latter must
-                                preceed the latter. Unless
+                                failure (i.e. non-zero exit status or
+                                abormal exit due to signal) is ignored
+                                and considered success. If both
+                                <literal>-</literal> and
+                                <literal>@</literal> are used for the
+                                same command the former must preceed
+                                the latter. Unless
                                 <varname>Type=forking</varname> is
                                 set, the process started via this
                                 command line will be considered the