[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#738207: systemd-sysv: sockets are not removed after being stopped

[Michael Stapelberg]

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> writes:
> Indeed I think this is a valid reason not to remove the socket file.
> But the services (like avahi-daemon) I was thinking about have 
> 'Requires=avahi-daemon.socket' and thus it really does not make any 
> sense to leave the socket file, when the socket is closed, because the 
> service does *not* continue to run.
>
> Is it possible to automatically remove the socket file in those cases, 
> but not in the others?
I don’t see how you could programmatically distinguish the two cases.

Anyhow, can you please take this discussion upstream to the relevant
ticket? There is no reason to have it here, since it’s not
Debian-specific, and you have a much easier time reaching upstream if
you actually use the upstream bug tracker :). Thanks.

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Best regards,
Michael