Bug#941198: In support of mandatory unit files
Tobias Frost <tobi@coldtobi.de> writes:
> JFTR, I maintain gmedia-resurrect and in this package I failed despite
> trying to create a systemd unit file with equal functinality as the
> init.d script*. So for this package the proposoal would lead to
> regressions for the users.
A Policy should means that if there is some stronger reason (such as that
adding a unit file would introduce new bugs), there is nothing requiring
you to do so. It indicates that not having a unit file is a bug, but it's
just a bug, and Debian packages are not expected to be bug-free. Other
bugs may be more important.
That said, if you'd like help with this, I or someone else following this
thread may be willing to take a look and figure out a way to replicate the
init script behavior. It's normally possible to handle /etc/default
conffiles in systemd units, although it can be a little complicated.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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