1DH_SYSTEMD_ENABLE(1)               Debhelper              DH_SYSTEMD_ENABLE(1)
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NAME

6       dh_systemd_enable - enable/disable systemd unit files
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SYNOPSIS

9       dh_systemd_enable [debhelper options] [--no-enable] [--name=name]
10       [unit file ...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       dh_systemd_enable is a debhelper program that is responsible for
14       enabling and disabling systemd unit files.
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16       In the simple case, it finds all unit files installed by a package
17       (e.g.  bacula-fd.service) and enables them. It is not necessary that
18       the machine actually runs systemd during package installation time,
19       enabling happens on all machines in order to be able to switch from
20       sysvinit to systemd and back.
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22       In the complex case, you can call dh_systemd_enable and
23       dh_systemd_start manually (by overwriting the debian/rules targets) and
24       specify flags per unit file. An example is colord, which ships
25       colord.service, a dbus-activated service without an [Install] section.
26       This service file cannot be enabled or disabled (a state called
27       "static" by systemd) because it has no [Install] section. Therefore,
28       running dh_systemd_enable does not make sense.
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30       For only generating blocks for specific service files, you need to pass
31       them as arguments, e.g. dh_systemd_enable quota.service and
32       dh_systemd_enable --name=quotarpc quotarpc.service.
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FILES

35       debian/package.service, debian/package@.service
36           If this exists, it is installed into
37           lib/systemd/system/package.service (or
38           lib/systemd/system/package@.service) in the package build
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42           If this exists, it is installed into
43           usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/package.conf in the package build directory.
44           (The tmpfiles.d mechanism is currently only used by systemd.)
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46       debian/package.target, debian/package@.target
47           If this exists, it is installed into
48           lib/systemd/system/package.target (or
49           lib/systemd/system/package@.target) in the package build directory.
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51       debian/package.socket, debian/package@.socket
52           If this exists, it is installed into
53           lib/systemd/system/package.socket (or
54           lib/systemd/system/package@.socket) in the package build directory.
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56       debian/package.mount
57           If this exists, it is installed into
58           lib/systemd/system/package.mount in the package build directory.
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60       debian/package.path, debian/package@.path
61           If this exists, it is installed into
62           lib/systemd/system/package.path (or
63           lib/systemd/system/package@.path) in the package build directory.
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65       debian/package.timer, debian/package@.timer
66           If this exists, it is installed into
67           lib/systemd/system/package.timer (or
68           lib/systemd/system/package@.timer) in the package build directory.
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OPTIONS

71       --no-enable
72           Disable the service(s) on purge, but do not enable them on install.
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74           Note that this option does not affect whether the services are
75           started.  That is controlled by dh_systemd_start(1) (using e.g. its
76           --no-start option).
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78       --name=name
79           Install the service file as name.service instead of the default
80           filename, which is the package.service. When this parameter is
81           used, dh_systemd_enable looks for and installs files named
82           debian/package.name.service instead of the usual
83           debian/package.service.
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NOTES

86       Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called
87       between invocations of this command (with the same arguments).
88       Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added
89       to maintainer scripts.
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91       Note that dh_systemd_enable should be run before dh_installinit.  The
92       default sequence in dh does the right thing, this note is only relevant
93       when you are calling dh_systemd_enable manually.
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SEE ALSO

96       dh_systemd_start(1), debhelper(7)
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AUTHORS

99       pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
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10313.7.1                            2022-04-22              DH_SYSTEMD_ENABLE(1)
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