Devuan bug report logs - #852
snapper: Snapper package assumes systemd

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: snapper
Version: 0.10.6-1.1+b1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
Installing and configuring snapper
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
Installation appears to assume that systemd is available for triggering Timeline
snapshots and periodic cleaning. It omits the cron configuration files that would
be in /etc/cron.hourly and /etc/crond.daily for snapshotting and cleanup respectively.
Manually adding the files fixes the problem.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
Manual addition of cron job files corrects the problem.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
Cron job files should be installed with the package.

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-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur/ceres)
Release:	6
Codename:	excalibur ceres
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.7.12-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: OpenRC (via /run/openrc), PID 1: init
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages snapper depends on:
ii  libboost-thread1.83.0  1.83.0-3+b1
ii  libc6                  2.38-14
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.14.10-4devuan1
ii  libgcc-s1              14-20240330-1
ii  libjson-c5             0.17-1+b1
ii  libmount1              2.40.1-9devuan1
ii  libsnapper7t64         0.10.6-1.1+b1
ii  libstdc++6             14-20240330-1
ii  libtinfo6              6.5-2

snapper recommends no packages.

snapper suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/snapper changed:
SNAPPER_CONFIGS="root home"
DISABLE_APT_SNAPSHOT="no"


-- no debconf information

Message #8 received at 852@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Control: tags -1 debian
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.debian.org/976888

Dave,

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 01:45:49PM +0000, Dave Williams wrote:
> Package: snapper
> Version: 0.10.6-1.1+b1

Thanks for reporting this. Snapper is not forked ins Devuan and we use Debian's
packages directly without recompilation. This issue is already reported in
Debian's BTS. It would be best to add your voice there. You may have more
success by providing a patch with the suggested cron fragments. Ensure that they
are protected with a test for /run/systemd/system so that both the cron
fragments and .timer units don't run on systemd systems.

Thanks

Mark

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