[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#905593: Bug#905593: network-manager: /etc/...*.service files should be considered as configuration files

[Cyril ADRIAN]

Ahah! So that's the catch. OK - I guess. Not very practical though.
Thanks for the explanation.

Le lun. 6 août 2018 à 21:53, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> a écrit :

> Am 06.08.2018 um 21:43 schrieb Cyril Adrian:
> > Package: network-manager
> > Version: 1.12.2-1
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: newcomer
> >
> > Follow-up of #905585.
> >
> > It looks like I was not clear enough.
> >
> > I am talking of
> /etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/NetworkManager-
> > wait-online.service
> >
> > This file is in /etc -- therefore unless I am mistaken it is in the
> > configuration directory and should not be carelessly overwritten.
>
> No, this is a symlink pointing to a file in /lib/systemd. If you edit
> that file, you are effectively editing the file in /lib/systemd.
>
> If you want to change the behaviour of
> NetworkManager-wait-online.service, use either
> systemctl edit NetworkManager-wait-online.service (which creates a drop-in)
> or systemctl edit --full NetworkManager-wait-online.service (which
> creates a full copy of the file in /etc)
>
>
> --
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?
>
>

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*Cyril ADRIAN*
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