On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 05:02:59PM +0100, Germano Massullo wrote: > Hello, I am testing various changes in boinc-client systemd unit file. > At every RPM package update, it happens really often that on a machine > that installs the new RPM version, does not get the new systemd unit > file version, so it is not updated. To successfully update the file, I > have to remove the old one from > /etc/systemd/system/ > and reinstall the RPM file.
First, packages should install unit files into /usr/lib/systed/systemd/. Units in /etc are for system administrators and shouldn't be touched by packages. Second, if the unit file is marked in .spec as %config(noreplace), then it won't be touched/replaced on package upgrade. Third, you need to do `systemctl daemon-reload` when changing unit files. > How can this happen? Perhaps manual edits (on localhost) can prevent > the file to be updated? Manual edits as in `systemctl edit --full`? Plain `systemctl edit` only creates addon snippets and does not copy the unit. Nevertheless, if admin placed unit in /etc, this unit has a priority over the one in /lib installed by package. This is by design. -- Tomasz Torcz 72->| 80->| xmpp: zdzich...@chrome.pl 72->| 80->| _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
