Package: znc
Version: 1.6.2-2+b1
Followup-For: Bug #734442
Here is a patch that tries to add this functionality. It adds a package,
znc-daemon that creates a system user and runs znc under systemd. Let me know
if you don't like this approach and how I should approach this.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages znc depends on:
ii libc6 2.21-6
ii libgcc1 1:5.3.1-4
ii libicu55 55.1-6
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.26.dfsg1-14+b1
ii libssl1.0.2 1.0.2e-1
ii libstdc++6 5.3.1-4
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages znc recommends:
ii znc-perl 1.6.2-2+b1
ii znc-python 1.6.2-2+b1
ii znc-tcl 1.6.2-2+b1
znc suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
diff -ruN znc-1.6.2.old/debian/control znc-1.6.2/debian/control
--- znc-1.6.2.old/debian/control 2015-12-28 16:31:23.228373031 -0500
+++ znc-1.6.2/debian/control 2015-12-29 03:25:02.657680988 -0500
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
Section: net
Priority: optional
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+ dh-systemd,
libssl-dev,
libperl-dev,
libicu-dev,
@@ -143,3 +144,21 @@
interface with many plugins supporting other features.
.
This package contains the znc Tcl extension.
+
+Package: znc-daemon
+Architecture: all
+Depends: znc (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: advanced modular IRC bouncer, system daemon
+ znc is an IRC proxy. It runs as a daemon and connects to IRC server,
+ then allows you to connect from a workstation and work as the user that
+ is logged in to the IRC server. After you disconnect, it maintains the
+ connection to the server. It acts like any normal IRC server, so you can
+ use any IRC client to connect to it.
+ .
+ Some of its features include support for multiple users, multiple clients,
+ and multiple IRC servers; playback buffers to catch up with what happened
+ while you were detached, SSL encryption, DCC proxying, and a plugin
+ interface with many plugins supporting other features.
+ .
+ This package contains the files necessary to run znc as a system daemon.
+
diff -ruN znc-1.6.2.old/debian/rules znc-1.6.2/debian/rules
--- znc-1.6.2.old/debian/rules 2015-12-28 16:31:23.228373031 -0500
+++ znc-1.6.2/debian/rules 2015-12-29 03:08:06.163862824 -0500
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
--enable-python
%:
- dh $@ --with python3
+ dh $@ --with python3,systemd
override_dh_auto_configure:
dh_auto_configure -- $(DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS)
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@
override_dh_strip:
dh_strip --dbg-package=znc-dbg
+
+override_dh_systemd_enable:
+ dh_systemd_enable --name=znc
+
+override_dh_systemd_start:
+ dh_systemd_start --restart-after-upgrade
diff -ruN znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.README.Debian znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.README.Debian
--- znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.README.Debian 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.README.Debian 2015-12-29 03:21:50.511604864 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Before the system wide znc will run it needs to be configured. To create an
+initial configuration run:
+
+sudo -u _znc /usr/bin/znc --datadir=/var/lib/znc --makeconf
diff -ruN znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.postinst znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.postinst
--- znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.postinst 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.postinst 2015-12-28 17:16:48.901019316 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+case "$1" in
+ configure)
+ if ! getent passwd _znc >/dev/null; then
+ adduser --quiet --system --force-badname \
+ --home /var/lib/znc _znc
+ fi
+ ;;
+
+ abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+ ;;
+
+ *)
+ echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff -ruN znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.znc.service znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.znc.service
--- znc-1.6.2.old/debian/znc-daemon.znc.service 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ znc-1.6.2/debian/znc-daemon.znc.service 2015-12-29 02:55:04.223796902 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=ZNC, an advanced IRC bouncer
+After=network.target
+ConditionFileNotEmpty=/var/lib/znc/configs/znc.conf
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/znc --datadir=/var/lib/znc -f
+User=_znc
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
