Bug#894906: linux-cpupower: provide a systemd service and a default config file

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 05:47:44AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> 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.

I opened a MR to include the files in the packaging for
linux-cpupower:
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1674

Regards,
Salvatore