Proposal to resolve this issue (as I quite like the way RabbitMQ uses @'ed units).
Ship @'less and @'ed epmd.{socket|service} units in the erlang packages, all installed by disable by default.
So epmd does not get started by default; only when another erlang application expresses and interest in it with a After/Wants clause.
This also avoids races on reboot with apps that optionally start their own version of epmd if one is not already running.
Proposal to resolve this issue (as I quite like the way RabbitMQ uses @'ed units).
Ship @'less and @'ed epmd.{socket| service} units in the erlang packages, all installed by disable by default.
So epmd does not get started by default; only when another erlang application expresses and interest in it with a After/Wants clause.
This also avoids races on reboot with apps that optionally start their own version of epmd if one is not already running.