Re: [PATCH v2] systemd.bbclass: generate preset for templates

["Martin Siegumfeldt" <mns@gomspace.com>]

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On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM, Patrick Williams wrote:

> 
> There was a regression introduced by the change to use
> systemd-systemctl-native rather than a python fake implementation,
> which caused template units to not be properly enabled when set in
> the SYSTEMD_SERVICE variable. Through investigation, it seems that
> the best way to re-enable template instances is to handle them
> explicitly in the systemd.bbclass and enable them with `preset`, like
> most units are handled[1,2].
> 
> Per the systemd.preset manpage, the format for template units is
> different than for regular units[3]. We need to coalesce all the
> template instances onto a single line and emit them as an additional
> space-deliminated argument.
> 
> Ran this against openbmc's phosphor-ipmi-net recipe and generated
> the following preset file:
> ```
> $ cat
> packages-split/phosphor-ipmi-net/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/98-phosphor-ipmi-net.preset
> 
> enable phosphor-ipmi-net@.service eth0
> enable phosphor-ipmi-net@.socket eth0
> ```

Thanks again Patrick for looking into this. I can confirm that the patch resolves the issue I encountered - hoping for it to be backported to Walnascar after merge.

Martin

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