On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 2:46 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > My program package includes a systemd timer and service. I was able to > setup my Makefile for a regular install using the daemons web page > (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/daemon.html). > > My question is, how should I handle a staged install using DESTDIR? > Specifically, should we expect the timer and service to be enabled in > the staged directory? Should we expect the timer to be started in the > directory? > AFAIK, a staged install with $DESTDIR usually means that you're preparing the files to be collected into a package -- usually to be installed on another system and/or at a later time. So it doesn't make practical sense to start anything at this point. (And honestly I would **never** expect a Makefile to start any services **at all**. Doesn't matter whether it's staged or not: that is simply not what `make install` does.) It also doesn't make much sense to call `systemctl enable`, as it's mainly a sysadmin tool. Some distros automatically enable & start services after package installation... but in that case the "enabled" status is still under control by the sysadmin -- it is not hardcoded in the package itself. (Side note: If you *do* want to preset the "enabled" status, you can actually do this without `systemctl enable` by creating the same symlink under /etc or under /usr/lib that the command's output shows.) So in short I would suggest: * Staged install: Do *nothing* except for installing the files. * Non-staged install: Enable the service if you really need to (or create the .wants symlink by hand), but do not start it. -- Mantas Mikulėnas
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