On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 10:25:44PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > * For many other cases, I propose leaving the upstream install layout > as is and performing the conversion using a new debhelper component > that will be called dh_movetousr > [...] > > * movetousr.ddlist lists packages that probably need to run > dh_movetousr for some reason: > + There are other files than systemd units shipped in aliased > locations. > + debian/*.install places units to /lib. In this case, consider > installing units by placing them to debian/*.service if possible > to benefit from the automatic conversion. > + An upstream build system hard codes the systemd unit location to > /lib. > + ... > [...] > > Debian Libvirt Maintainers <pkg-libvirt-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> > libvirt
For libvirt, the upstream build system actually installs systemd
units under /usr/lib, and we move things around in debian/rules so
that they end up under /lib in the Debian package:
SRV_MONOLITHIC = libvirt-guests virtlogd virtlockd \
libvirtd libvirtd-tcp libvirtd-tls virt-guest-shutdown
set -e; for f in $(SRV_MONOLITHIC); do \
dh_install -p libvirt-daemon-system \
usr/lib/systemd/system/$${f}* \
lib/systemd/system/; \
done
I wouldn't be surprised if other packages did something similar.
In this case, instead of throwing dh_movetousr into the mix, wouldn't
it be more sensible to drop the rename part and just follow the
upstream build system?
I guess this could theoretically be problematic for backports, as the
dh_movetousr approach would guarantee that units still end up in /lib
on bookworm and older but this wouldn't. On the other hand, hasn't
systemd been able to load units both from /lib and /usr/lib for
several releases now? So I would expect that to work somewhat
transparently.
Am I missing something? I have to admit that, while I've tried to
keep tabs on the discussion and all the great work you and other have
been doing to push things forward, I never quite managed to fully
absorb the problem space.
--
Andrea Bolognani <e...@kiyuko.org>
Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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