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man/systemd: reword description of 2/3/4/5

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We shouldn't say that that they boot into "a … legacy target", because
they boot into the standard targets. Those names are just aliases now.
(And also the user is not required to know what SysV even is, so it
shouldn't be used in the main explanation.)
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
2026-06-01 12:19:03 +02:00
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@@ -996,10 +996,10 @@
<term><varname>rd.emergency</varname></term>
<term><varname>-b</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Boot into emergency mode. This is equivalent
to <varname>systemd.unit=emergency.target</varname> or
<varname>rd.systemd.unit=emergency.target</varname>, respectively, and
provided for compatibility reasons and to be easier to type.</para>
<listitem><para>Boot into emergency mode. Those options are equivalent to
<varname>systemd.unit=emergency.target</varname> or
<varname>rd.systemd.unit=emergency.target</varname>, respectively. They were initially
provided for compatibility with SysV, but are retained as convenient shortcuts.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1012,10 +1012,10 @@
<term><varname>S</varname></term>
<term><varname>1</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Boot into rescue mode. This is equivalent to
<varname>systemd.unit=rescue.target</varname> or
<varname>rd.systemd.unit=rescue.target</varname>, respectively, and
provided for compatibility reasons and to be easier to type.</para>
<listitem><para>Boot into rescue mode. Those options are equivalent to either
<varname>systemd.unit=rescue.target</varname> or <varname>rd.systemd.unit=rescue.target</varname>.
They were initially provided for compatibility with SysV, but are retained as convenient
shortcuts.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1026,11 +1026,11 @@
<term><varname>4</varname></term>
<term><varname>5</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Boot into the specified legacy SysV runlevel.
<listitem><para>Shortcuts to boot into specific targets:
<varname>2</varname>, <varname>3</varname>, and <varname>4</varname> are equivalent to
<varname>systemd.unit=multi-user.target</varname>; and <varname>5</varname> is equivalent to
<varname>systemd.unit=graphical.target</varname>, and provided for compatibility reasons and to be
easier to type.</para>
<varname>systemd.unit=graphical.target</varname>. Those options were initially provided
for compatibility with SysV, but are retained as convenient shortcuts.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>