[exim] Re: exim systemd service: Type=exec or Type=simple

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Autor: Heiko Schlittermann
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Temat: [exim] Re: exim systemd service: Type=exec or Type=simple
Andreas Metzler via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Do 27 Jul 2023 19:04:30 CEST):

> > Regarding your question: I think, "exec" is the right answer for the
> > current Exim versions. (Somewhen I started working on "Type=notify", but
> > that's nothing that's ready yet.)
>
> You are using -bdf instead of -bd for the Type=exec example. Afaict
> the major effect should be a tiny speedup since a fork() and closing in
> stdin/out/err is avoided. Since exim would not write to stdout/err this
> should be it. Or am I missing something?


-bd asks Exim to fork, which makes it hard for Systemd to
supervise it. Using -bdf Systemd can track the process it created.

Exim writes to std{out,err} in case of debugging options on the command
line. If I'm not wrong, currently Exim isn't capable of reliable writing
logs to std{out,err}, but I can imagine implementing this (for some edge
cases).

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Heiko

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