Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Update systemd service name param to match command

[Frank L. <fr...@li...>]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 02:16:43PM +0200, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> On 29/07/2025 20:00, Terrance via Openvpn-devel wrote:
> > From: Terrance <gi...@te...>
> > 
> > The service name displays `%I` which invokes systemd's path mangling
> > (notably, converting `-` to `/`), suggesting you need to provide an
> > encoded parameter (via e.g. `systemd-escape`), but the start command
> > itself uses `%i` which doesn't do the conversion.
> > 
> > This updates the service name to match the start command.
> 
> This makes me wonder if it isn't the one passed to the start command that's
> actually not what it was intended to be.
> 
> Cause using %I there would enable to put configs in subdirs. With %i that's
> impossible, since it can't contain slashes.

Yes, I agree. I think %I would have been better to use exactly for the reason
you mention. But I think it is too late now. If we would switch to %I now it
would break existing configs.

Regards,
-- 
  Frank Lichtenheld