How to distinguish if a systemd unit is run by apt-get or during boot?

[Michael Biebl]

Am 21.05.2015 um 00:40 schrieb Patrick Schleizer:
> Hi!
> 
> Can one somehow distinguish if,
> 
>     a) the daemon was started during boot or,
>     b) (re)started by an apt-get install or upgrade?
> 
> Can this be distinguished from within the daemon itself?

Not afaik.

> The use case is here to have script that is run by systemd
> 'Type=oneshot' only run on boot. Not during apt-get install or upgrades.

See man dh_systemd_start/dh_installinit. In your case, you probably want
the "--no-start" switch.


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