Bug#763579: systemd.exec(5) manpage does not reflect the Debian changes to ProtectSystem

intrigeri intrigeri at debian.org
Fri Sep 6 04:41:33 BST 2019


Hi Michael,

Michael Biebl:
> I wonder if it wouldn't be a better idea to document such changes (where
> we divert from upstream or make explicit decisions which are not the
> upstream defaults) in systemd's README.Debian.

> This seems like a more maintainable approach then patching man pages.
> Those patches are bound to require on-going maintenance work to keep
> them updated.

First, thanks for caring!

As a user, I'm not sure I would have thought about looking in
README.Debian: I tend to assume the man pages are correct. (IIRC
I eventually understood what was going on by git grep'ing the
Vcs-Git.) I don't know about other users.

This being said, I understand your concerns about the long-term
maintenance overhead cost. It matters a lot to me.

So all things considered, I think that the approach you're suggesting
is a very reasonable trade-off that's good enough to address this
minor issue :)

Cheers,
-- 
intrigeri



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