[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#719634: Bug#719634: dh-systemd: Support of /usr/lib/systemd/system

Michael Stapelberg stapelberg at debian.org
Wed Aug 14 08:23:09 BST 2013


Hi Vincent,

Vincent Bernat <bernat at debian.org> writes:
> I have already discussed this with Michael S. who told me that unit
> files should be shipped in /lib/systemd/system. However, systemd also
> accepts /usr/lib/systemd/system as a valid path. I don't find anything
> saying that the use of /usr/lib/systemd/system is discouraged.
>
> There is at least one package shipping systemd unit file in
> /usr/lib/systemd/system (ExaBGP). This can be corrected if this
> location is really discouraged (I would ask upstream to correct
> that). Also, for an autotools package, it is easier to ship files in
> /usr than outside.
>
> What do you think?
As mentioned in person (maybe I was unclear), I think that this is
absolutely not worth any time spent on it and we should just put the
files into /lib. We can deal with this once we tackle the /usr merge
issue.

-- 
Best regards,
Michael




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