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packaging: don't fail postinst on missing units, drop pkill -f from rustdesk.service - #16199

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  • res/DEBIAN/postinst runs under set -e and removed three unit files with a single rm without -f. /usr/lib/systemd/user/rustdesk.service usually does not exist, so rm returned non-zero and dpkg --configure failed on upgrade. Now rm -f … || true. Same hardening in prerm.
  • res/rustdesk.service: ExecStop=pkill -f "rustdesk --" ran as root and killed any process whose command line contained that substring (including a user's rustdesk --connect …). Replaced with KillMode=control-group, which stops --service/--server/--tray together; removed PIDFile (meaningless with Type=simple); added Restart=on-failure. The sed in postinst that rewrote pkill/usr/bin/pkill is therefore removed too.
  • prerm: find the session user with pgrep -f 'rustdesk +--server' instead of parsing ps -ef | grep.
  • res/rpm-suse.spec still said 1.1.9 — bumped to 1.5.0; res/PKGBUILD had empty pkgdesc/url/md5sums.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Linux service shutdown so all related RustDesk processes stop together.
    • Added automatic service recovery after unexpected failures, with a short retry delay.
    • Improved package installation and removal reliability, including stopping services for all active non-root users.
  • Chores

    • Updated Linux package metadata, including the project description, website, vendor details, package checksums, and package version information.

RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with no outstanding correctness or repository-rule violations.

Summary

  • Missing legacy unit files no longer cause package maintenance scripts to fail.
  • The system service now stops only processes in its control group and restarts after failures.
  • Session-specific user services are stopped for each detected non-root server owner.
  • Arch and SUSE package metadata now reflects the current project and package version.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[Package configuration] --> B[Remove legacy unit paths]
  B --> C[Install current system unit]
  C --> D[Reload and start systemd service]
  D --> E[rustdesk --service control group]
  E --> F[Server and tray child processes]
  G[Service stop] --> H[systemd terminates control group]
  H --> E
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The changes update systemd process handling, Debian service cleanup and per-user stopping, and Arch and SUSE package metadata.

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Systemd service lifecycle
res/rustdesk.service
The unit now kills the full control group and restarts after failure. It no longer uses ExecStop=pkill or PIDFile.
Package installation and removal scripts
res/DEBIAN/postinst, res/DEBIAN/prerm
Debian scripts use forced service-file removal. The installation script no longer rewrites pkill for Ubuntu 18.04. The removal script stops the user unit for each distinct non-root server owner.
Distribution package metadata
res/PKGBUILD, res/rpm-suse.spec
Arch metadata now includes the package description, project URL, and an empty checksum array. The SUSE spec includes version 1.5.0, project URL, and vendor metadata.

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Good point, thanks. Kept rm -f so missing units don't abort, but dropped || true and the output redirect — a genuine removal failure now stops configure and is visible in the log, so a stale /etc unit can't silently shadow the new one.

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14-22: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Stop every distinct non-root RustDesk server owner

The pipeline returns valid owners for multiple PIDs, but head -1 keeps only the first non-root owner. src/ipc.rs:1375-1403 supports multiple --server process UIDs. The single systemctl call can therefore leave other users' rustdesk units running. Iterate over each distinct, validated non-root owner.

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In `@res/DEBIAN/prerm` around lines 14 - 22, Update the RustDesk server cleanup
block around serverUser so it collects and iterates over every distinct
validated non-root owner returned by the process lookup, rather than truncating
the result with head -1. Invoke systemctl --machine=${owner}@.host --user stop
rustdesk for each owner while preserving the existing error suppression and
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- Around line 14-22: Update the RustDesk server cleanup block around serverUser
so it collects and iterates over every distinct validated non-root owner
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Good point, thanks. Kept rm -f so missing units don't abort, but dropped || true and the output redirect — a genuine removal failure now stops configure and is visible in the log, so a stale /etc unit can't silently shadow the new one.

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The new md5sums=('SKIP') entry must correspond one-for-one with the PKGBUILD source array. If this package has no source entry, makepkg will reject the checksum configuration; keep the checksum array empty or add the matching source entry.

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Right — there is no source=() here (everything comes from $HBB), so md5sums is back to an empty array with a comment explaining why.

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I can accept rm -> rm -f only, the others will be rejected if there are no related bug reports.

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