[systemd-devel] System units packaging and rpmlint

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sun, 19.05.13 11:10, Andrey Borzenkov (arvidjaar at gmail.com) wrote:

> В Sat, 18 May 2013 23:50:52 -0700
> David Strauss <david at davidstrauss.net> пишет:
> 
> > 
> > > - some package install directly file in /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.wants
> > > There is some special case ( like plymouth ), but usually, that
> > > shouldn't be done directly in the package, but better done in %post, and
> > > in /etc ?
> > 
> > No, the systemd ideal is that packages should not ever install systemd
> > units or settings into /etc. Lennart's long-term goal is for daemons
> > to not install anything by default to /etc, but I think our scope of
> > authority in this discussion ends with systemd-related matters.
> > 
> > > IE, is this right to make a warning or a error when that occurs ?
> > 
> > It should be an error.
> > 
> 
> Do you mean, "installing directly under /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.wants
> should be an error"? It was the actual question.
> 
> I do not think there is single answer in all cases. IMHO it is
> perfectly valid to use /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.wants to express
> inter-services dependencies. If service A needs services B and C to
> work, they should be installed as /usr/lib/systemd/A.wants, so starting
> A also transparently starts them.

I'd recommend specifying this in Wants= or Requires= in A.service...

Lennart

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