GNU bug report logs - #76924
31.0.50; Wrong install location for systemd user unit file

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Reported by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 76924 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76924: 31.0.50; Wrong install location for systemd user unit file
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:39:12 +0100

On Mär 11 2025, Ulrich Müller wrote:

> Sorry, I had a thinko there. Asking pkg-config isn't such a good idea.
> Imagine someone installing with prefix=/usr/local, we would then install
> the unit file in a stray location outside prefix. It is even worse for
> non-root installs where the dir may not even be writable.

But the unit file needs to be installed in a location searched by
systemd, so it needs to follow systemd's idea of prefix.

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