On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 12:27, Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bi...@canonical.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> wrote: > > > > Jeremy Bícha: > > > Source: debhelper > > > Version: 13.15.3 > > > Control: affects -1 src:gnome-remote-desktop > > > X-Debbugs: syst...@packages.debian.org > > > > > > gnome-remote-desktop 46 upstream has decided to implement both > > > tmpfiles.d and sysusers.d to create a system user and its home > > > directory. systemd-tmpfiles needs to run before systemd-sysusers. If > > > not, on a new install, this command hangs for about 90 seconds: > > > > > > Creating user 'gnome-remote-desktop' (GNOME Remote Desktop) with UID > > > *** and GID ***. > > > > > > Then this error: > > > Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 148. > > > > > > Then the installation completes successfully. > > > > > > Therefore, I recommend that debhelper automatically runs > > > dh_installtmpfiles before running dh_installsysusers in case any other > > > projects want to do what gnome-remote-desktop does. > > > > > > I was able to workaround this issue: > > > https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-remote-desktop/-/commit/8490919 > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Jeremy Bícha > > > > > > > Hi Michael and Luca > > > > What is the correct order for tmpfiles vs. sysusers? > > > > I thought the order was sysusers (to create the user) and then tmpfiles > > (to create files/directories and set ownership accordingly). In this bug > > report, the request is to have the directories first before the user is > > created. > > > > Could you please assert what the correct order is for the default case? > > There is a circular dependency here. > > $ cat /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/gnome-remote-desktop-tmpfiles.conf > # tmpfiles.d file to ensure the existence of the home directory for > gnome-remote-desktop user > d /var/lib/gnome-remote-desktop 0700 gnome-remote-desktop gnome-remote-desktop > d /etc/gnome-remote-desktop 0755 gnome-remote-desktop gnome-remote-desktop > > $ cat /usr/lib/sysusers.d/gnome-remote-desktop-sysusers.conf > # sysusers.d file to ensure the existence of the gnome-remote-desktop user > u gnome-remote-desktop - "GNOME Remote Desktop" /var/lib/gnome-remote-desktop > > The 90 second hang if systemd-sysusers is run before > /var/lib/gnome-remote-desktop exists is annoying, but systemd-tmpfiles > errors if the gnome-remote-desktop user doesn't exist yet. > > Running tmpfiles, then sysusers, then tmpfiles again works except for > that 90 second hang. > > I had to remove the gnome-remote-desktop package, then remove the > gnome-remote-desktop user and the directories and then reboot to test > changes properly. > > Thank you, > Jeremy Bícha
Am I reading this correctly, that the package is using tmpfiles to create a home directory? I'm not sure that was foreseen as a use case to be honest, I'd bring it upstream
