[Bug 1696206] Re: systemd drops lists concatenated with EOF

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Is a unit with \ continuation lines present in Ubuntu packages?

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  systemd drops lists concatenated with EOF

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Disclaimer: I originally posted this on Gallium OS's bug tracker but was told that Gallium pulls directly from upstream Ubuntu. The original bug report can be found here:
  https://github.com/GalliumOS/galliumos-distro/issues/369

  Release: Gallium OS
  Package: systemd

  When a systemd target file contains a "Conflicts" list at the end of
  the file and does not provide a blank line between the end of the list
  and the end of the file the list is silently dropped.

  This is easier to demonstrate than it is to explain.

  Take the following files:

  `ServiceA.service`, `ServiceB.service`, and `ServiceC.service` are identical:
  ```
  [Unit]
  Description=This service just remains on

  [Service]
  Restart=always
  ExecStart=/home/keeton/Permanent/Scripts/StayRunning.sh
  ```

  `StayRunning.sh` is:
  ```
  #!/bin/sh

  while true
  	do
  	sleep 3
  done
  ```
  The three services launch a script that keeps on running indefinitely.

  This target, `WillTurnOff.target`, will stop all three services as we would expect:
  ```
  [Unit]
  Description=This target will turn off Service's A, B, and C
  Conflicts= \
  ServiceA.service \
  ServiceB.service \
  ServiceC.service \

  ```

  This target, `WillNotTurnOff.target`, will **not** stop the stop the services:
  ```
  [Unit]
  Description=This target will *not* turn off Service's A, B, and C
  Conflicts= \
  ServiceA.service \
  ServiceB.service \
  ServiceC.service \
  ```

  Notice the difference. `WillTurnOff.target` contains a blank line
  between the last item on the list and the end of the file.

  Several things to note:
  * I'm pretty sure that this is a bug in systemd, but Gallium's on systemd version 229, which is more than two versions behind the latest version.
  * I'm guessing that systemd is concatenating the EOF onto the list since the list ends with a backslash.
  * Shouldn't systemd at least spit out a warning that something is wrong?

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