Bug#894906: linux-cpupower: provide a systemd service and a default config file
Francesco,
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 10:53:49PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:03:51 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:
>
> [...]
> > Hello Salvatore,
> > it was not a short journey, but the (refined) patch has been accepted
> > upstream.
> >
> > Now I would like to see it shipped in the Debian package, please...
> >
> > It is already present in the Debian source package:
> >
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/6.16.3-1/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.sh
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/6.16.3-1/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.service.in
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/6.16.3-1/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower-service.conf
> >
> > But the Debian binary package does not ship the files:
> >
> > $ dpkg -l | grep cpupower | cut -c 1-77
> > ii libcpupower1 6.16.3-1 amd64
> > ii linux-cpupower 6.16.3-1 amd64
> > $ dpkg -S libexec/cpupower
> > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *libexec/cpupower*
> > $ dpkg -S cpupower.service
> > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *cpupower.service*
> > $ dpkg -S cpupower-service.conf
> > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *cpupower-service.conf*
> >
> >
> > Please note that:
> >
> > * cpupower.sh should be installed to /usr/libexec/cpupower
> >
> > * cpupower.service.in should be transformed (with some sed editing)
> > into /usr/lib/systemd/system/cpupower.service (this systemd service
> > unit is disabled by default)
> >
> > * cpupower-service.conf should be installed
> > to /etc/cpupower-service.conf
> >
> > All this is taken care of by the Makefile, see lines 310÷315 (and other
> > related lines):
> >
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/6.16.3-1/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile#L310
> >
> >
> > Please modify Debian binary package 'linux-cpupower', so that it
> > correctly ships the three above-mentioned files in the correct
> > destinations, with the systemd service unit disabled by default.
> >
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing this bug fixed once and for all.
> > Thanks for your time!
>
> Is there any update on this?
>
> Please fix this bug once and for all, thanks for your time and
> dedication!
Please, there is really no need to ping us regularly at this. It is on
the open bug list with patch, we have not yet come to it.
Regards,
Salvatore
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