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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_installsystemd | 28 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f25e531c..043a94a8 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ debhelper (11.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium enable, mask and disable units when the package is installed, upgraded, or removed. (Closes: #764678) + [ Niels Thykier ] + * dh_installsystemd.1: Improve the documentation for --name to make + it more clear that it also changes the name of the source files in + the debian directory. Thanks to Emel Hasdal for reporting the + issue and reviewing the change. (Closes: #899983) + -- Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:13:17 -0600 debhelper (11.4.1) unstable; urgency=medium diff --git a/dh_installsystemd b/dh_installsystemd index d052037e..d1ba5708 100755 --- a/dh_installsystemd +++ b/dh_installsystemd @@ -82,12 +82,19 @@ should not be started. =item B<--name=>I<name> -Install the service file as I<name.service> instead of the default -filename I<package.service>. When this parameter is used, -B<dh_installsystemd> looks for and installs files named -F<debian/package.name.service> instead of the usual -F<debian/package.service>. Moreover, maintainer scripts are only -generated for units that match the given I<name>. +This option controls several things. + +It changes the name that B<dh_installsystemd> uses when it looks for +maintainer provided systemd unit files as listed in the L</FILES> +section. As an example, B<dh_installsystemd --name foo> will look for +F<<< I<debian/package.>B<< I<foo> >>I<.service> >>> instead of +F<< I<debian/package.service> >>). These unit files are installed as F<< +I<name.unit-extension> >> (in the example, it would be installed as +F<<< B<< I<foo> >>I<.service> >>>). + +Furthermore, if no unit files are passed explicitly as command line +arguments, B<dh_installsystemd> will only act on unit files called +I<name> (rather than all unit files found in the package). =item B<--restart-after-upgrade> @@ -122,6 +129,15 @@ B<Note> that this option does not affect whether the services are enabled. Please remember to also use B<--no-enable> if the services should not be enabled. +=item S<B<unit file> ...> + +Only process and generate maintscripts for the installed unit files +with the (base)name I<unit file>. + +Note: B<dh_installsystemd> will still install unit files from +F<debian/> but it will not generate any maintscripts for them unless +they are explicitly listed in S<B<unit file> ...> + =back =head1 NOTES |