From 8ca2fb3d8b15094e267686b4be66fb870eeda83e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 00:07:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: explain StartLimitRate= in conjunction with Restart= a bit better (cherry picked from commit f1c8f75b38def5b2e21a83b245c5392563fba7ef) Conflicts: TODO --- man/systemd.service.xml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index dc14113..cca26f4 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -787,7 +787,15 @@ are allowed (defaults to 5). These configuration options are particularly useful in conjunction with - <varname>Restart=</varname>.</para></listitem> + <varname>Restart=</varname>. Note that + units which are configured for + <varname>Restart=</varname> and which + reach the start limit are not + attempted to be restarted anymore, + however they may still be restarted + manually at a later point from which + point on the restart logic is again + activated.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry>