Bug#993947: Time lost, /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf gets replaced with a default one

[Felipe Sateler]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 5:01 PM Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:

> Am 09.09.21 um 16:15 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> > Am 09.09.21 um 15:15 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
> >> It should give us the guarantees[1]:
> >>
> >>  > The postinst script may be called in the following ways:
> >>  > postinst configure most-recently-configured-version
> >>  >   The files contained in the package will be unpacked.
> >>  >   All package dependencies will at least be “Unpacked”.
> >>  >   If there are no circular dependencies involved,
> >>  >   all package dependencies will be configured
> >>
> >> AFAICS we don't have circular dependencies, but maybe the versioned
> >> breaks/replaces + versioned depends makes dpkg think there is one?
> >
> > Hm, we do have systemd -> systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon and
> >                 systemd-timesyncd -> systemd
> >
> > This is a circular dep afaiu.
> >
>
> I guess the only way to break this dep cycle is to drop (or rather
> demote) the Depends: systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon to a Recommends.
>
> To ensure that systemd-timesyncd is installed during the initial
> bootstrap, we'd have to bump it's prio, similar to what we did for
> libpam-systemd. Either important or standard.
>
> Related here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986651
>
> If we can get such a change into bullseye remains to be seen.
>
> Does anyone else have a different idea how to approach this?
>
>
No, I don't have any other idea. Perhaps the installer or apt teams have
any ideas?


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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