Bug#999637: systemd: systemctl help foo.service doesn't work with file:/path/to/README.md

[Michael Biebl]

On 14.11.21 04:59, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 249.6-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Apologies for not reporting from a sid system.  It affects systemd in
> buster and bullseye as well, but I'm not sure if the version of
> systemd in those version is new enough to support this type of
> documentation.  Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 1. Install a testing system, including the standard system tools task
> 2. Upgrade to sid
> 3. Run "systemctl help foo" for a service file that uses the following
> under the [Unit] section:
> 
>    Documentation="file:/usr/share/doc/foo/README.md"

Hmm, systemctl help says
"
        help PATTERN...|PID...
            Show manual pages for one or more units, if available.
"

You are not pointing Documentation= at a man page though but an 
arbitrary file. Try e.g. "systemctl help rsyslog"
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