The -X option is special in that it changes the way freeradius starts up. It’s expected that if your actions break the contract with the init system (in this case by specifying -X), you’re responsible to rectify that.
If there was a simple way to make the package work in any/all cases, it’d be up for it, but I’m not aware of one. Hence my question for what your suggestion is — I just don’t see a way out of this situation. My personal recommendation is to not use /etc/default, but rather systemctl edit to do any overrides, but that’s not Debian’s official line. On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:37 PM Mariusz Gronczewski <xani...@gmail.com> wrote: > In our case it was enough to add dropin changing execstart to include > -f and type to simple: > > ExecStart=/usr/sbin/freeradius -f $FREERADIUS_OPTIONS > Type=simple > > What do you mean by "it is expected" ? Currently enabling debug (by > setting FREERADIUS_OPTIONS="-X") cause it to enter restart loop, > surely that isn't an expected behaviour ? > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 13:52, Michael Stapelberg <stapelb...@debian.org> > wrote: > > > > Yes, this is expected. What change are you suggesting? > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 1:45 PM Mariusz Gronczewski <xani...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Package: freeradius > >> Version: 3.0.12+dfsg-5+deb9u1 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> Currently the type of systemd service is forking. > >> > >> Adding debug to cmdline causes freeradius to run in foreground (and > dump debug > >> to stdout), which means systemd timeouts on starting service because it > assumes > >> it will fork. > >> > >> Changing type to simple, and adding -f (run in foreground) option in > unit file > >> fixes that > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mariusz Gronczewski (XANi) <xani...@gmail.com> > >> GnuPG: 0xEA8ACE64 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pkg-freeradius-maintainers mailing list > >> pkg-freeradius-maintain...@alioth-lists.debian.net > >> > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-freeradius-maintainers > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Michael > > > > -- > Mariusz Gronczewski (XANi) <xani...@gmail.com> > GnuPG: 0xEA8ACE64 > -- Best regards, Michael
