Bug#934166: Please add lintian warning for systemd system services using default.target

[Michael Biebl]

Am 07.08.19 um 18:22 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.17.0
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed a couple of systemd system services
> (files that match /lib/systemd/system/*.{service,socket,...})
> that use
> 
> [Install]
> Alias=default.target
> 
> 
> default.target is only an alias and should not be used for that.
> Instead services should either hook into multi-user.target (for the vast
> majority this is the right choice) or graphical.target.
> 
> It would be a good idea if lintian would add a warning for this.
> 

I did an archive-wide scan and I found the following services currently
doing this:

> bootchart2/bootchart.service:WantedBy=default.target
> e2fsprogs/e2scrub_reap.service:WantedBy=default.target
> gamemode/gamemoded.service:WantedBy=default.target
> haveged/haveged.service:WantedBy=default.target
> python-pyres/pyres_manager at .service:WantedBy=default.target
> python-pyres/pyres_scheduler at .service:WantedBy=default.target
> python-pyres/pyres_worker at .service:WantedBy=default.target
> python-remotecv/remotecv.service:WantedBy=default.target
> sec/sec.service:WantedBy=default.target
> thumbor/thumbor.service:WantedBy=default.target
> udevil/devmon at .service:WantedBy=default.target
> watchdog/watchdog.service:WantedBy=default.target

Not too many currently, and I could just file bug reports for them. But
it seems better to check for this automatically.

Regards,
Michael

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