Package: tuptime
Version: 5.2.4
Severity: important
Hi,
The installation process in Debian now uses StateDirectory= on SystemD
unit to create and manage /var/lib/tuptime, instead of creating the
directory in postinst. This change was intentional (See last comment on
https://github.com/rfmoz/tuptime/issues/82).
In a clean installation from the official .deb package, the directory is
correctly created and permissions are set. I just checked it on two new
Debian severs, one with last stable and the other with last Sid:
Test done on Debian 13.2:
root@debian13:~# uname -a
Linux debian13 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian
6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@debian13:~# apt install tuptime
Installing:
tuptime
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 27.7 kB
Space needed: 98.3 kB / 17.7 GB available
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 tuptime all 5.2.4
[27.7 kB]
Fetched 27.7 kB in 0s (827 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package tuptime.
(Reading database ... 29500 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/tuptime_5.2.4_all.deb ...
Unpacking tuptime (5.2.4) ...
Setting up tuptime (5.2.4) ...
Creating group '_tuptime' with GID 988.
Creating user '_tuptime' (Tuptime execution user) with UID 988 and GID
988.
Created symlink
'/etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/tuptime-sync.timer' →
'/usr/lib/systemd/system/tuptime-sync.timer'.
Created symlink
'/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/tuptime.service' →
'/usr/lib/systemd/system/tuptime.service'.
tuptime-sync.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ...
root@debian13:~# ls -al /var/lib/tuptime/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 _tuptime _tuptime 4096 Dec 18 15:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Dec 18 15:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 _tuptime _tuptime 8192 Dec 18 15:22 tuptime.db
Test done on Debian Sid:
root@debian-sid:~# uname -a
Linux debian-sid 6.17.11+deb14-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian
6.17.11-1 (2025-12-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@debian-sid:~# apt install tuptime
Installing:
tuptime
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 27.7 kB
Space needed: 98.3 kB / 17.7 GB available
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian forky/main amd64 tuptime all 5.2.4
[27.7 kB]
Fetched 27.7 kB in 0s (781 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package tuptime.
(Reading database ... 29743 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/tuptime_5.2.4_all.deb ...
Unpacking tuptime (5.2.4) ...
Setting up tuptime (5.2.4) ...
Creating group '_tuptime' with GID 987.
Creating user '_tuptime' (Tuptime execution user) with UID 987 and GID
987.
Created symlink
'/etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/tuptime-sync.timer' →
'/usr/lib/systemd/system/tuptime-sync.timer'.
Created symlink
'/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/tuptime.service' →
'/usr/lib/systemd/system/tuptime.service'.
tuptime-sync.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ...
root@debian-sid:~# ls -al /var/lib/tuptime/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 _tuptime _tuptime 4096 Dec 18 15:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Dec 18 15:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 _tuptime _tuptime 8192 Dec 18 15:24 tuptime.db
Could you provide details about your environment and the steps that led
to the error? The Debian CI also pases without reporting any problem.
Thanks,
Ricardo F.
