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

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 07:57:32PM +0200, Vinzenz Feenstra wrote:
> 
> 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.
> >

Vinzenz, I suppose that your main point is this part of the list

> vdsm

Douglas/Yaniv - can infra take care of this?