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diff --git a/man/portablectl.xml b/man/portablectl.xml index 0926991cbe..3a5517a4ad 100644 --- a/man/portablectl.xml +++ b/man/portablectl.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ <listitem><para>btrfs subvolumes containing OS trees, similar to normal directory trees.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Binary "raw" disk images containing MBR or GPT partition tables and Linux file system - partitions.</para></listitem> + partitions. (These must be regular files, with the <filename>.raw</filename> suffix.)</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </refsect1> @@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ <term><option>--runtime</option></term> <listitem><para>When specified the unit and drop-in files are placed in - <filename>/run/systemd/system/</filename> instead of <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename>. Images attached - with this option set hence remain attached only until the next reboot, while they are normally attached - persistently.</para></listitem> + <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename> instead of + <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename>. Images attached with this option set hence remain attached + only until the next reboot, while they are normally attached persistently.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ <listitem><para>All unit files of types <filename>.service</filename>, <filename>.socket</filename>, <filename>.target</filename>, <filename>.timer</filename> and <filename>.path</filename> which match the indicated unit file name prefix are copied from the image to the host's - <filename>/etc/systemd/system/</filename> directory (or <filename>/run/systemd/system/</filename> — depending - whether <option>--runtime</option> is specified, see above).</para></listitem> + <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename> directory (or + <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename> — depending whether <option>--runtime</option> is + specified, see above), which is included in the built-in unit search path of the system service + manager.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>For unit files of type <filename>.service</filename> a drop-in is added to these copies that adds <varname>RootDirectory=</varname> or <varname>RootImage=</varname> settings (see @@ -330,6 +332,10 @@ to place image files directly in <filename>/etc/portables/</filename> or <filename>/run/systemd/portables/</filename> (as these are generally not suitable for storing large or non-textual data), but use these directories only for linking images located elsewhere into the image search path.</para> + + <para>When a portable service image is attached, matching unit files are copied onto the host into the + <filename>/etc/systemd/system.attached/</filename> and <filename>/run/systemd/system.attached/</filename> + directories. When an image is detached, the unit files are removed again from these directories.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |