On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM Zdenek Dohnal <zdoh...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > per > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FoomaticRipRejectsUnknownValues > I've got feedback about turning RPM scriptlet into systemd service to > have the change applied even on immutable systems, like bootable > containers, Fedora CoreOS etc. > > Does anyone use such systemd service for upgrade tasks in their packages? > > Would you mind sharing the name of component which uses such service, so > I can check how it is supposed to look? >
In general, it's a flawed way to approach the problem. If it was trivial to handle, it would probably be done by the programs themselves automatically. If it is not trivial to handle, it is not reasonable to use a systemd service to do it. Delayed execution of scriptlets by migrating them to systemd units also creates problems because it de-links the execution from the transaction. This means that the risk of breakage goes up depending on things happening on the system between transaction execution and the reboot. My previous attempts at doing stuff like this (like rpmdb-rebuild and rpmdb-migrate) wound up being fraught with peril (and my fixes never were merged, resulting in somewhat broken migrations for years). If something needs to be executed as part of the transaction, it just needs to happen there. If it can be done outside of the transaction, it should be handled as part of the program or service itself, and not as a separate systemd unit. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
