diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 4437510df..f4764f955 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@
ConditionPathExists=
ConditionPathExistsGlob=
ConditionPathIsDirectory=
+ ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=
ConditionPathIsMountPoint=
ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=
ConditionFileIsExecutable=
@@ -702,7 +703,12 @@
ConditionPathExists=
but verifies whether a certain path
exists and is a
- directory. ConditionPathIsMountPoint=
+ directory. ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=
+ is similar to
+ ConditionPathExists=
+ but verifies whether a certain path
+ exists and is a
+ symbolic link. ConditionPathIsMountPoint=
is similar to
ConditionPathExists=
but verifies whether a certain path
@@ -780,8 +786,9 @@
prefix an argument with the pipe
symbol and an exclamation mark the
pipe symbol must be passed first, the
- exclamation second. All path checks
- follow symlinks.
+ exclamation second. Except for
+ ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=,
+ all path checks follow symlinks.
diff --git a/src/condition.c b/src/condition.c
index 7f8564966..f84c81bd8 100644
--- a/src/condition.c
+++ b/src/condition.c
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ bool condition_test(Condition *c) {
return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) == !c->negate;
}
+ case CONDITION_PATH_IS_SYMBOLIC_LINK: {
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (lstat(c->parameter, &st) < 0)
+ return !c->negate;
+ return S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) == !c->negate;
+ }
+
case CONDITION_PATH_IS_MOUNT_POINT:
return (path_is_mount_point(c->parameter, true) > 0) == !c->negate;
@@ -256,6 +264,7 @@ static const char* const condition_type_table[_CONDITION_TYPE_MAX] = {
[CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS] = "ConditionPathExists",
[CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS_GLOB] = "ConditionPathExistsGlob",
[CONDITION_PATH_IS_DIRECTORY] = "ConditionPathIsDirectory",
+ [CONDITION_PATH_IS_SYMBOLIC_LINK] = "ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink",
[CONDITION_PATH_IS_MOUNT_POINT] = "ConditionPathIsMountPoint",
[CONDITION_DIRECTORY_NOT_EMPTY] = "ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty",
[CONDITION_KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE] = "ConditionKernelCommandLine",
diff --git a/src/condition.h b/src/condition.h
index 66b020fc8..dd65aa605 100644
--- a/src/condition.h
+++ b/src/condition.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef enum ConditionType {
CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS,
CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS_GLOB,
CONDITION_PATH_IS_DIRECTORY,
+ CONDITION_PATH_IS_SYMBOLIC_LINK,
CONDITION_PATH_IS_MOUNT_POINT,
CONDITION_DIRECTORY_NOT_EMPTY,
CONDITION_FILE_IS_EXECUTABLE,
diff --git a/src/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4 b/src/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
index 370a7a7eb..7749b88df 100644
--- a/src/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
+++ b/src/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Unit.JobTimeoutSec, config_parse_usec, 0,
Unit.ConditionPathExists, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS, 0
Unit.ConditionPathExistsGlob, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_PATH_EXISTS_GLOB, 0
Unit.ConditionPathIsDirectory, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_PATH_IS_DIRECTORY, 0
+Unit.ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink,config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_PATH_IS_SYMBOLIC_LINK,0
Unit.ConditionPathIsMountPoint, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_PATH_IS_MOUNT_POINT, 0
Unit.ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_DIRECTORY_NOT_EMPTY, 0
Unit.ConditionFileIsExecutable, config_parse_unit_condition_path, CONDITION_FILE_IS_EXECUTABLE, 0
diff --git a/units/var-lock.mount b/units/var-lock.mount
index 80e1bab26..07277adac 100644
--- a/units/var-lock.mount
+++ b/units/var-lock.mount
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Description=Lock Directory
Before=local-fs.target
# skip mounting if the directory does not exist or is a symlink
ConditionPathIsDirectory=/var/lock
+ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=!/var/lock
[Mount]
What=/run/lock
diff --git a/units/var-run.mount b/units/var-run.mount
index c513dfecd..ab4da424c 100644
--- a/units/var-run.mount
+++ b/units/var-run.mount
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Description=Runtime Directory
Before=local-fs.target
# skip mounting if the directory does not exist or is a symlink
ConditionPathIsDirectory=/var/run
+ConditionPathIsSymbolicLink=!/var/run
[Mount]
What=/run