[ptxdist] Can SYSTEMD_HELPER be changed persistently?

[ptxdist] Can SYSTEMD_HELPER be changed persistently?

[Ian Abbott]

Hi,

This is really just a minor inconvenience.  I am not using systemd in a 
project, but every time I do an 'oldconfig' operation, the configuration 
system asks if I want to select SYSTEMD_HELPER, i.e.:

---------------------------------------------------------------
Updating 'myproject/configs/ptxconfig'...
info: successfully migrated 
'/path/to/ptxdist/projects/myproject/configs/ptxconfig'

*
* Restart config...
*
*
* systemd
*
systemd                        (SYSTEMD_HELPER) [N/m/y/?] (NEW)
#
# configuration written to .config
#
---------------------------------------------------------------

The ptxconfig file contains the line:

# PTXCONF_SYSTEMD_HELPER is not set

As an experiment, I tried setting the SYSTEMD_HELPER to all three states 
in turn (not set, m, and y), but the next 'oldconfig' operation always 
ignores the current setting and asks for the new setting.

I'm currently using ptxdist release 2024.03.0 but I guess this problem 
will have first appeared in release 2023.11.0.

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Re: [ptxdist] Can SYSTEMD_HELPER be changed persistently?

[Michael Olbrich]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 04:17:11PM +0000, Ian Abbott wrote:
> This is really just a minor inconvenience.  I am not using systemd in a
> project, but every time I do an 'oldconfig' operation, the configuration
> system asks if I want to select SYSTEMD_HELPER, i.e.:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Updating 'myproject/configs/ptxconfig'...
> info: successfully migrated
> '/path/to/ptxdist/projects/myproject/configs/ptxconfig'
> 
> *
> * Restart config...
> *
> *
> * systemd
> *
> systemd                        (SYSTEMD_HELPER) [N/m/y/?] (NEW)
> #
> # configuration written to .config
> #
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The ptxconfig file contains the line:
> 
> # PTXCONF_SYSTEMD_HELPER is not set
> 
> As an experiment, I tried setting the SYSTEMD_HELPER to all three states in
> turn (not set, m, and y), but the next 'oldconfig' operation always ignores
> the current setting and asks for the new setting.
> 
> I'm currently using ptxdist release 2024.03.0 but I guess this problem will
> have first appeared in release 2023.11.0.

Right, the migrate helper that I added when SYSTEMD_HELPER was introduced,
is not quite correct and drops the SYSTEMD_HELPER symbol in your case.

I have a fix for this in my test queue and it should hit master soon. It
should be fixed in the next release.

Michael


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