On 26/02/2020 09:35, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2020-02-26, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>
>> Adam Funk  writes:
>>> On 2020-02-25, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>> Adam Funk  writes:
>>>>> On 2020-02-25, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>>>> Adam Funk  writes:
>>>>>>> On 2020-02-24, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>>>>>> Adam Funk  writes:
>>>>>>>>> Some stuff in the documentation led to believe that customized files
>>>>>>>>> should go straight in etc --- should I restore the symlink and edit
>>>>>>>>> the file in /lib/systemd/...?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The symlinks needs to still be there but point to the new file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So restore the symlinnk from
>>>>>>> /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/anacron.timer to
>>>>>>> /lib/systemd/system/anacron.timer & edit the latter (regular) file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, the link needs to point to the new file.
>>>>>
>>>>> So where do I put the new/customized version of the regular file?
>>>>
>>>>  From the instructions I pointed you at:
>>>>
>>>>         There are two methods of overriding vendor settings in unit
>>>>         files: copying the unit file from /lib/systemd/system to
>>>>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>         /etc/systemd/system and modifying the chosen settings.
>>>>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>         Alternatively, one can create a directory named unit.d/ within
>>>
>>> It's clearly obvious to you how this works, so I appreciate your
>>> patience.
>>>
>>> 1. copy /etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer to /etc/systemd/system
>>> 2. edit /etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer to "05..23:30"
>>> 3. delete the symlink from
/etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/anacron.timer
>>>            to /lib/systemd/system/anacron.timer
>>> 4. replace that symlink with one to /etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer
>>>
>>> Does that sound right?  It seems very strange to me to have to copy a
>>> file into a higher bit of /etc/systemd/ then symlink it from further
>>> down the tree.
>>
>> It would be strange, but that’s not what it says.
>
> Well, as I said a few minutes ago, I managed to get it working by
> doing that.  You said "the link needs to point to the new file" ---
> how else can I interpret that besides items 3 & 4 above?

"1. copy /etc/systemd/system/anacron.timer to /etc/systemd/system"

A copy that leaves the file where it was.

>
>
>>>>         files: copying the unit file from /lib/systemd/system to
>>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*******************
>>
>> I will not be quoting these instructions again.
>
A copy that generates a new override file...
>
>


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