[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#732156: Bug#732156: Bug#732156: Precise documentation for ExecStart command syntax

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek zbyszek at in.waw.pl
Sat Dec 14 22:40:57 GMT 2013


On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:18:55PM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> Ian Jackson <ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> > Reading systemd.service(5), I'm confused about the exact syntax and
> > quoting for the "ExecStart=" directive.
I've now pushed a patch which expands this section and add a few examples:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=ec6039b.

> I presume changing the wording of systemd.service(5) to read “Commands
> with their (whitespace-separated) arguments […]” would clarify. Do you
> agree? If so, I’ll send a patch upstream to change this.
We seem to have many question about this, so I think it is good
to be very explicit here.

Zbyszek




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