Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Alec Leamas
On 14/04/2019 21:22, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 08:02:45PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> No. ddupdate uses systemd --user to setup and run the service without >> root permissions. So it's not comparable in this respect. > > It is called by the main blob itself, which runs as

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 08:02:45PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > No. ddupdate uses systemd --user to setup and run the service without > root permissions. So it's not comparable in this respect. It is called by the main blob itself, which runs as root, and sheds permissions only to execute user

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 08:12:30PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > BTW: Given that the systemd stuff is part of the upstream package Ah right, I've confused this with another package I was reviewing at the same time, where the .service file came from the debian/ dir. My bad. On the other hand, I

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi again, one more thing: On 14/04/2019 20:02, Alec Leamas wrote: > > Hi again, > [lot's of stuff] BTW: Given that the systemd stuff is part of the upstream package, on what grounds could you state that "autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only"? Is there a Debian policy or something similar I

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi again, On 14/04/2019 18:49, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 05:20:08PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> On 14/04/2019 16:22, Adam Borowski wrote: >>> Hi! >>> The auto-update functionality is for some reason systemd only, despite not >>> actually using any systemd features. This

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 05:20:08PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > On 14/04/2019 16:22, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Hi! > > The auto-update functionality is for some reason systemd only, despite not > > actually using any systemd features. This makes it broken on any other > > init/rc system for no

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Adam, On 14/04/2019 16:22, Adam Borowski wrote: Package: ddupdate Version: 0.6.2-1 Severity: normal Hi! The auto-update functionality is for some reason systemd only, despite not actually using any systemd features. This makes it broken on any other init/rc system for no gain. Could you

Bug#927062: ddupdate: autoupdate shouldn't be systemd-only

2019-04-14 Thread Adam Borowski
Package: ddupdate Version: 0.6.2-1 Severity: normal Hi! The auto-update functionality is for some reason systemd only, despite not actually using any systemd features. This makes it broken on any other init/rc system for no gain. Could you please convert the .service/.timer to a init script