March's Systemd Presentation

[Bernie Hoefer]

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On 2015-04-01 17:29 EST, Bernie Hoefer wrote:
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> I haven't had time to investigate why systemd allowed httpd to 
> start even though postfix had not, but it is obvious from the 
> postfix status output that it detected the mis-configuration.
> I'll let you know why/how it picked to drop postfix and go with
> httpd after a little more investigation.  :-)
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     A co-worker checked the source code[1] and said that it seems
like there is no explicit logic.  As soon as it finds a circular
ordering in the transaction, it goes back and deletes a job to break
that cycle.  From the end user's point of view, it is effectively random.


[1]<https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/src/core/transaction.c#L342-L471>

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