Is it possible to mix systemd and non-systemd in a rules file?

[Michael Biebl]

Am 05.11.20 um 00:41 schrieb Alex Nelson:
> The subject may be clear enough, but if you want more information:
> 
> I have one git repo that generates one debian package -- no systemd
> service here.

Is that a package that is shipped in the Debian archive?
Do you have a pointer to the repo?


> I have a second git repo that generates one debian package;  this
> package does generate a service using "--with systemd" in the rules
> file.
> 
> I would like to merge the two repos and have that one repo generate
> two packages, one package will have a service in it, and the other
> will not.

Are you targetting different distros here or what is the use case?

> I tried the experiment, but the generated debian package for the
> python module that doesn't need or want to know anything about systemd
> now has (dh generated) references to systemd.
> 
> Maybe there is a way to say for target module `my_module_one', use
> 
>        dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
> 
> and for my other module `my_module_two' use
> 
>        dh $@ --with python3,systemd --buildsystem=pybuild

What's the problem with shipping a .service file, even if you don't use 
it ? I don't quite see the problem here, tbh.