On 15.10.19 00:30, David Castillo wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm currently working on packaging an application which runs as a
> systemd service within a slice. 

Is there a specific reason for using a dedicated slice?
What exactly is the use case here?
Is this a package shipped in Debian so we could have a look?
Typically, services are run in the system.slice.

Installing the .service files was
> straightforward, but I found that dh_installsystemd doesn't support
> .slice files, according to the man page
> <https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debhelper/dh_installsystemd.1.en.html>.

It doesn't, that's correct.

> I wanted to know if there's a recommended method to do it (I ended up
> including it in our .install file), and if there's a reason for .slices
> not being supported.

Installing via .install is fine, I'd say.

So far there simply hasn't been a demand / use case for supporting
.slice units in dh_installsystemd.

Michael
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