Bug#1070644: gnome-remote-desktop: System .service file enabled but not the user one?

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM Laurent Bigonville <bigon at debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 06 May 2024 17:01:21 +0200 Laurent Bigonville <bigon at debian.org>
> wrote:
>
>  > Package: gnome-remote-desktop
>  > Version: 46.1-3
>  > Severity: normal
>  >
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > It seems that the system systemd .service is enabled at boot, while the
>  > user one is not.
>  >
>  > Any reason why the former is enabled and the later is not?
>  >
>  > Not sure I see the rational here
>
> So the gnome-control-center controls itself whether the
> /etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/gnome-remote-desktop.service
> symlink is created or not
>
> By default when installing the package, the service is enabled (and
> started?), this is IMHO not good and make the switch in g-c-c out of
> sync with the real state of the service.
>
> The package should not enable and start the system part of the daemon by
> default either (dh_installsystemd --no-enable --no-start)

Thank you. I am applying dh_installsystemd --no-enable as we were
already doing dh_installsystemduser --no-enable

Although the systemd system service was running, it wasn't actually
listening for connections. This can be verified by running
sudo apt install net-tools
sudo netstat -nltp

After applying the change, gnome-remote-desktop's system service
behaves more like it does on other distros which is a good thing.

Jeremy Bícha