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Diffstat (limited to 'nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/development/unit-handling.section.md')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/development/unit-handling.section.md b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/development/unit-handling.section.md index a7ccb3dbd042..32d44dbfff05 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/development/unit-handling.section.md +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/development/unit-handling.section.md @@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ checks: since changes in their values are applied by systemd when systemd is reloaded. - - `.mount` units are **reload**ed. These mostly come from the `/etc/fstab` - parser. + - `.mount` units are **reload**ed if only their `Options` changed. If anything + else changed (like `What`), they are **restart**ed unless they are the mount + unit for `/` or `/nix` in which case they are reloaded to prevent the system + from crashing. Note that this is the case for `.mount` units and not for + mounts from `/etc/fstab`. These are explained in [](#sec-switching-systems). - `.socket` units are currently ignored. This is to be fixed at a later point. |