Bug#769895: init-system-helpers: deb-systemd-helper should remove timestamps on timer unit purge

[Felipe Sateler]

Hi Michael,

Sorry for the delay, I forgot to actually send :(

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 14:06 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi Felipe
>
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:46:38 -0300 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org>
> wrote:
> > Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4930
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:46:38 +0100 Alexandre Detiste
> > <alexandre.detiste at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Package: init-system-helpers
> > > Version: 1.21
> > > Severity: minor
> > >
> > > Dear Maintainer,
> > >
> > > When a timer unit with flag "Persistant=true" is purged,
> > > a loose time stamp (0 byte file) is left loose
> > > in /var/lib/systemd/timers/stamp-<unit-name>.timer
> > >
> > > This file could be safely removed by deb-systemd-helper during a purge.
> >
> > I'd really rather not rely on implementation details. I have forwarded
> > the bug to systemd upstream so they provide an interface to clear the
> > stamp files. When that is done, we can add that invocation in
> > deb-systemd-helper.
>
> We now do have a "systemctl clean" interface.
> Should we simply run that unconditionally on deb-systemd-helper purge?
> For all unit types or only timers?
>

Maybe we could just have a trigger in systemd?


> I also note, that this apparently doesn't work in chroots:
> # systemctl clean apt-daily.timer
> Running in chroot, ignoring request: clean
>


Bummer, but I don't think it is too important. After all, chroots wouldn't
have run systemd in the first place, and thus wouldn't have the file.


> Not sure if this is something we should be concerned about.
>


I don't think it is too important. After all, this is mostly a nice to have.

Saludos


> Regards,
> Michael
>
>
>
>
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