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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 21:48:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 31 May 2025 10:49:11 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> If you want multiple commands to be run, you can have multiple
>> ExecStartPre lines.
> 
> And if I need conditionals or loops I need /bin/sh -c

You want custom logic? Put the logic in your own scripts/programs.

By definition pretty much, this is not going to be a common need. Most of 
the usual things you want to test for should already be handled by 
existing systemd directives. Look at the wide range of Conditionxxx= and 
Assertxxx= directives, for a start.