Hello, On Sun 07 Dec 2025 at 10:59pm GMT, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Jackson writes ("Bug#1039361: SAUCE systemd unit"):
>> OK, I guess I will have a go at this myself this weekend.
>
> I converted the package to use dh_installinit and dh_installdeb.
> That's in 0.9.5 which I just uploaded.
>
> I wrote a service file based on the systemd documentation I could
> find, which calls the existing init script. (I think this is probably
> the best approach, but I'm not sure.)
>
> But it does not work. My autopkgtests fail. I'm running
>
> git-clean -xdff && dpkg-buildpackage -uc -b && autopkgtest
> ../sauce_0.9.5~~_all.deb . --- /usr/sbin/really autopkgtest-virt-qemu
> /volatile/ian/autopkgtest-virt-qemu/forky
>
> where that image came from really autopkgtest-build-qemu forky forky.
>
> It's evidently running my unit file, since that's the change to
> the .deb and without it everything works, presumably via systemd's
> init script compatibility report, whose planned removal is what this
> bug is about.
>
> I'm not sure how to debug this. I'm not a habitual user of qemu, so
> I' m not sure even how to log into the qemu VM, and if I did I
> wouldn't know how to debug a system service startup.
>
> My branch is at
> git clone
> git+ssh://login.chiark.greenend.org.uk/home/ian/things/Sauce/sauce -b
> systemd-draft
>
> My feeling is that converting this package to use the dh sequencer, or
> generally overhauling the rules file, isn't a particularly useful
> thing to be doing. But I could be wrong, especially if that's likely
> to be implicated in the problems I'm having with systemd.
The use of Type= and RemainAfterExit= is correct, I think.
It looks like the problem is that the 'exit 0' in /etc/sauce/sys-config,
that means the service doesn't start.
--
Sean Whitton
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