NAME

       dh_systemd_start - start/stop/restart systemd unit files

SYNOPSIS

       dh_systemd_start [debhelper options] [--restart-after-upgrade] [--no-stop-on-upgrade] [unit file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_systemd_start is a debhelper program that is responsible for starting/stopping or restarting systemd
       unit files in case no corresponding sysv init script is available.

       As with dh_installinit, the unit file is stopped before upgrades and started afterwards (unless
       --restart-after-upgrade is specified, in which case it will only be restarted after the upgrade).  This
       logic is not used when there is a corresponding SysV init script because invoke-rc.d performs the
       stop/start/restart in that case.

OPTIONS

       --restart-after-upgrade
           Do  not  stop  the unit file until after the package upgrade has been completed.  This is the default
           behaviour in compat 10.

           In earlier compat levels the default was to stop the unit file in the prerm, and start  it  again  in
           the postinst.

           This  can be useful for daemons that should not have a possibly long downtime during upgrade. But you
           should make sure that the daemon will not get confused by  the  package  being  upgraded  while  it's
           running before using this option.

       --no-restart-after-upgrade
           Undo  a  previous  --restart-after-upgrade  (or  the  default of compat 10).  If no other options are
           given, this will cause the service to be stopped in  the  prerm  script  and  started  again  in  the
           postinst script.

       -r, --no-stop-on-upgrade, --no-restart-on-upgrade
           Do not stop service on upgrade.

       --no-start
           Do not start the unit file after upgrades and after initial installation (the latter is only relevant
           for services without a corresponding init script).

NOTES

       Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command
       (with  the  same  arguments).  Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added to
       maintainer scripts.

       Note that dh_systemd_start should be run after dh_installinit so that it can  detect  corresponding  SysV
       init  scripts.  The  default sequence in dh does the right thing, this note is only relevant when you are
       calling dh_systemd_start manually.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

AUTHORS

       pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org

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