daemon-reload not required

[arch-user-france1]

What is the bug / inaccuracy?:
Installing on Linux => Arch Linux

The doc:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/safing/portmaster-packaging

# Enter the repo and build/install the package (it's under linux/)
cd portmaster-packaging/linux
makepkg -is

# Start the Portmaster and enable autostart
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now portmaster

The systemctl daemon-reload is not required.
What would you expect instead?:
The doc should be like that:

...
# Start the Portmaster and enable autostart
sudo systemctl enable --now portmaster

Thanks for reporting. Just curious to learn - why is systemctl daemon-reload not required?

[arch-user-france1]

I think it is only required if a service file is edited but not when it's created. I might be wrong tho...
I'm not a systemd specialist either... So I know that it is but I don't know why it is.

[arch-user-france1]

And I of course made sure that I tried it without running systemctl daemon-reload and it worked so it should be safe-to-remove.

[dhaavi]

It seems that daemon-reload is only needed in some cases: https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemctl.1#Unit_File_Commands

[arch-user-france1]

It seems that daemon-reload is only needed in some cases: https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemctl.1#Unit_File_Commands

Yes because it reloads configurations in case of edits but it makes no sence to execute if there's a new configuration file. It's like purging a cache I guess. So it is definitely not required. Should be removed out of the manual, it's not serious to release a bloated manual.

Do you agree with removing out of the manual? It is clear that in case of Arch a reload is not required (tested with Arch) and systemd is always the same.

[ppacher]

Hi,

Thats totally true, daemon-reload is not required for first-time installs but in case a user does an update it needs to be done. Updates of the package are required from time to time as the unit file ist not managed by portmaster and thus does not update automatically. In order to avoid a dedicated section on "how to update the didtro package" daemon-reload is part of the common install section. Also, it should not do any harm (users that mangle with their unit files are expected to already know what they are doing). So IMHO this should be kept as it is.

I'm on my phone (with a broken display) right now so please ignore any typing errors^^

[arch-user-france1]

Hi,

Thats totally true, daemon-reload is not required for first-time installs but in case a user does an update it needs to be done. Updates of the package are required from time to time as the unit file ist not managed by portmaster and thus does not update automatically. In order to avoid a dedicated section on "how to update the didtro package" daemon-reload is part of the common install section. Also, it should not do any harm (users that mangle with their unit files are expected to already know what they are doing). So IMHO this should be kept as it is.

I'm on my phone (with a broken display) right now so please ignore any typing errors^^

Is a daemon-reload required even after a restart of the device?

[ppacher]

Hi, no a restart of the device makes daemon-reload a no-op because systemd does scan the service files on start anyway.