To what extent does/will Dovecot depend on systemd? was systemd changes...

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:14:08 +0200
Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:

> On 21.02.2016 19:10, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:03:15 +0100
> > Thomas Leuxner <tlx at leuxner.net> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >  
> >> https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/53cc71cae88ee81fd7eae47aed743496f8c884a2  
> > [snip]
> >  
> >> The PID-File seems to be expected under yet another sub-dir
> >> of /var/run/dovecot.  
> > I wasn't aware that any Dovecot functionalities have become
> > dependent on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file
> > and PID file location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager,
> > or is Dovecot starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will
> > make it difficult to run without systemd in the future?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/key  
> We do not depend on systemd, but unit files are provided and 
> automatically installed if enabled.
> 
> Aki

Thanks Aki,

This was what I hoped to hear.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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