Thank you for the bug report and bringing the issue to our attention.
On 11/04/23 13:07, bi...@debian.org wrote:
Package: freedombox
Version: 23.6
Severity: serious
Tags: sid bookworm
User: debhel...@packages.debian.org
Usertags: systemd-files-in-usr-bookworm
Dear Maintainer,
It seems that your package freedombox is shipping files (.service, .socket or
.timer) in /usr/lib/systemd/system.
We ship many systemd unit files. Only one of the unit files is a
.service meant for freedombox itself. Others units are meant for other
packages (most of them configuration extensions). These units must not
be started/stopped when freedombox package is installed/uninstalled.
Hence this issue applies only to a single unit: plinth.service.
This is not supported by the version of dh_installsystemd/debhelper currently
in unstable and bookworm (See: #1031695). That means that currently your
service might not be enabled at boot and/or started as expected.
My understanding of the bug is that dh_installsystemd will not discover
services listed in /usr/lib and this will not change for bookworm.
Long ago, when lintian was issuing a message about moving unit files
from /lib to /usr/lib, we have moved the files. We also realized that
the services were not being automatically started after installing the
package. So, we implemented a workaround to keep the files in /usr/lib
but force dh_installsystemd to discover plinth.service. The workaround
reads like this:
override_dh_installsystemd:
# Do not enable or start any service other than FreedomBox service. Use
# of --tmpdir is a hack to workaround an issue with dh_installsystemd
# (as of debhelper 13.5.2) that still has hardcoded search path of
# /lib/systemd/system for searching systemd services. See #987989 and
# reversion of its changes.
dh_installsystemd --tmpdir=debian/tmp/usr --package=freedombox
plinth.service
With the freeze currently in effect, debhelper will not be fixed for bookworm.
As a result, could you please move these files to /lib/systemd/system instead
so they are properly detected by debhelper?
As soon as debhelper is supporting (not until bookworm+1 aka Trixie) you will
be able to move them back to the newer location.
I believe that the freedombox package does not need any changes for
bookworm. Could you please confirm that there are no changes planned for
dh_installsystemd that would make our workaround not work anymore?
I will confirm that freedombox is working well as-is in bookworm and
close this issue.
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Thank you for your contributions,
--
Sunil
