[ovirt-devel] Fwd: Re: Mass bug: packages should not auto-enable systemd units

[Vinzenz Feenstra]

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From: "Andrew Lutomirski" <luto at mit.edu>
Date: Apr 30, 2014 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Mass bug: packages should not auto-enable systemd units
To: <devel-announce at lists.fedoraproject.org>
Cc:

Due to some confusion around how alternatives worked, I screwed up the
list of packages here.  I've updated it below.  I'll give it a few
more days before filing the actual bugs.

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Andrew Lutomirski <luto at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone-
>
> This is a notice in accordance with the mass bug filing procedure.
>
> A number of packages install systemd units and enable them
> automatically.  They should not.  Please update these packages to use the
> macroized scriptlet
> (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Systemd).
>
> If your package has an exception from FESCo permitting it to enable
> itself, please make sure that the service in question is listed in the
> appropriate preset file.
>
> There is a general exception described here:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Starting_services_by_default
>
> If your package falls under the general exception, then it is possible
> that no change is required.  Nevertheless, if you are relying on the
> exception, please make sure that your rpm scripts are sensible.  The
> exception is:
>
> In addition, any service which does not remain persistent on the
> system (aka, it "runs once then goes away"), does not listen to
> incoming connections during initialization, and does not require
> configuration to be functional may be enabled by default (but is not
> required to do so). An example of "runs once then goes away" service
> is iptables.
>
> Given that this issue can affect Fedora 20 users who install your
> package as a dependency, these bugs should be fixed in Fedora 20 and
> Rawhide.
>
> The tracker bug is here:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090684
>
> I created it early because three of the bugs are pre-existing.  Next
> week, I'll file bugs against the packages below.  If you fix your
> package in the mean time, please let me know.
>
> After three weeks, provenpackagers may step in and fix these issues.
>

abrt
acpid
aeolus-audrey-agent
aeolus-configserver
audit
avahi
bluez
bootchart
cherokee
cloud-init
deltacloud-core
dmapd
dnssec-trigger
glusterfs
gnome-initial-setup
gpsd
ipmiutil
iptables
kexec-tools
libstoragemgmt
libvirt
lttng-tools
monit
NetworkManager
nfs-utils
nss-pam-ldapd
olpc-kbdshim
olpc-powerd
openct
pcsc-lite
qemu
qpid-cpp
rootfs-resize
rpcbind
sendmail
soundmodem
spacenavd
subscription-manager
supervisor
systemd
targetcli
util-linux
vdsm
xen

--Andy
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