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authorKen (Bitsko) MacLeod <mqbitsko+github@gmail.com>2017-12-15 04:10:41 -0600
committerSven Eden <yamakuzure@gmx.net>2018-05-30 07:49:38 +0200
commiteb7004ca69cb89c2b8476ede72270167a936b5f6 (patch)
tree089182fefcbbe8d682c9771985bd520b37f05a68 /man
parent7c81c217c26c10226c313a9b78b6aa685de9ccef (diff)
man: Clarify when OnFailure= activates after restarts (#7646)
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/elogind.xml b/man/elogind.xml
index f30e07017..92061f04a 100644
--- a/man/elogind.xml
+++ b/man/elogind.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
- This file is part of elogind.
SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+ This file is part of elogind.
Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
@@ -383,11 +383,12 @@
states are called "activating", "deactivating"). A special
"failed" state is available as well, which is very similar to
"inactive" and is entered when the service failed in some way
- (process returned error code on exit, or crashed, or an operation
- timed out). If this state is entered, the cause will be logged,
- for later reference. Note that the various unit types may have a
- number of additional substates, which are mapped to the five
- generalized unit states described here.</para>
+ (process returned error code on exit, or crashed, an operation
+ timed out, or after too many restarts). If this state is entered,
+ the cause will be logged, for later reference. Note that the
+ various unit types may have a number of additional substates,
+ which are mapped to the five generalized unit states described
+ here.</para>
<para>The following unit types are available:</para>