Control: tags -1 patch On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:56:11 +0300 Emel Hasdal <emelhas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I can. > > I believe the man page may be misleading. In my case, when using the --name > parameter, it did not work the way it is stated for the > main package. > > For the following line, > dh_installsystemd -pnslcd --name=k5start-nslcd k5start-nslcd.service > > according to the documentation, it should search for > nslcd.k5start-nslcd.service. But this was not the case. It just worked with > k5start-nslcd.service file which > I have. > > However, for the non-main packages, the documentation seems to be correct. > > > [...]
Hi Emel, I have attached a patch to clarify the documentation. I hope you will take a few minutes to review it to see if you feel it would have helped you. Thanks, ~Niels
diff --git a/dh_installsystemd b/dh_installsystemd index 2d9ec4c5..a6de095f 100755 --- a/dh_installsystemd +++ b/dh_installsystemd @@ -88,12 +88,19 @@ should not be started. =item B<--name=>I<name> -Install the service file as I<name.service> instead of the default filename, -which is the I<package.service>. When this parameter is used, -B<dh_installsystemd> looks for and installs files named -F<debian/package.name.service> instead of the usual F<debian/package.service>. -Moreover, maintainer scripts are only generated for units that match the given -I<name>. +This option controls several things. + +It changes the name that B<dh_installsystemd> uses when it looks for +maintainer provided systemd unit files as listed in the L</FILES> +section. As an example, B<dh_installsystemd --name foo> will look for +F<<< I<debian/package.>B<< I<foo> >>I<.service> >>> instead of +F<< I<debian/package.service> >>). These unit files are installed as F<< +I<name.unit-extension> >> (in the example, it would be installed as +F<<< B<< I<foo> >>I<.service> >>>). + +Furthermore, if no unit files are passed explicitly as command line +arguments, B<dh_installsystemd> will only act on unit files called +I<name> (rather than all unit files found in the package). =item B<--restart-after-upgrade> @@ -128,6 +135,15 @@ B<Note> that this option does not affect whether the services are enabled. Please remember to also use B<--no-enable> if the services should not be enabled. +=item S<B<unit file> ...> + +Only process and generate maintscripts for the installed unit files +with the (base)name I<unit file>. + +Note: B<dh_installsystemd> will still install unit files from +F<debian/> but it will not generate any maintscripts for them unless +they are explicitly listed in S<B<unit file> ...> + =back =head1 NOTES
