Properly integrate sysusers and tmpfiles into debian packaging

debian/cosmic-greeter.postinst

@@ -7,31 +7,6 @@ set -e
 THIS_PACKAGE=cosmic-greeter
 DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager
 
-# creating cosmic-greeter group if it isn't already there
-if ! getent group cosmic-greeter >/dev/null; then
-        addgroup --system --force-badname --quiet cosmic-greeter
-fi
-
-# creating cosmic-greeter user if it isn't already there
-if ! getent passwd cosmic-greeter >/dev/null; then
-        adduser --system --force-badname --quiet \
-            --ingroup cosmic-greeter \
-            --home /var/lib/cosmic-greeter --no-create-home \
-            --shell /bin/false \
-            cosmic-greeter
-        usermod -c "COSMIC Greeter" cosmic-greeter
-fi
-
-# ensure cosmic-greeter user is part of the video group
-adduser cosmic-greeter video
-
-# create home directory if it does not exist and set permissions
-if [ ! -d /var/lib/cosmic-greeter ]
-then
-    mkdir /var/lib/cosmic-greeter
-    chown -R cosmic-greeter:cosmic-greeter /var/lib/cosmic-greeter
-fi
-
 # debconf is not a registry, so we only fiddle with the default file if
 # the configure script requested an update
 if [ -e $DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE.debconf-update ]; then

debian/cosmic-greeter.sysusers

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #Type Name           ID GECOS                    Home directory           Shell
-u     cosmic-greeter -  "Cosmic Greeter Account" /var/lib/cosmic-greeter  -
+u     cosmic-greeter -  "Cosmic Greeter Account" /var/lib/cosmic-greeter  -
+m     cosmic-greeter video

debian/rules

@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	just build-vendored
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	just rootdir=$(DESTDIR) install
+	just rootdir=$(DESTDIR) install-debian
+
+execute_after_dh_install:
+	dh_installsysusers
 
 override_dh_installsystemd:
 	dh_installsystemd -pcosmic-greeter --no-start -r cosmic-greeter.service
 	dh_installsystemd -pcosmic-greeter-daemon cosmic-greeter-daemon.service
+

justfile

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ bin-dst := base-dir / 'bin' / name
 lib-dir := base-dir / 'lib'
 
 # sysusers.d
-sysusers-src := 'debian' / 'cosmic-greeter-sysusers.conf'
+sysusers-src := 'debian' / name + '.sysusers'
 sysusers-dst := lib-dir / 'sysusers.d' / name + '.conf'
 # tmpfiles.d
-tmpfiles-src := 'debian' / 'cosmic-greeter-tmpfiles.conf'
+tmpfiles-src := 'debian' / name + '.tmpfiles'
 tmpfiles-dst := lib-dir / 'tmpfiles.d' / name + '.conf'
 
 daemon-src := 'target' / 'release' / name + '-daemon'
@@ -59,11 +59,15 @@ check-json: (check '--message-format=json')
 run *args:
     env RUST_LOG=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=full cargo run --release {{args}}
 
-# Installs files
+# Install only debian package required files
-install:
+# The sysusers and tmpfiles files are automatically added
+install-debian:
     install -Dm0755 {{bin-src}} {{bin-dst}}
     install -Dm0755 {{daemon-src}} {{daemon-dst}}
     install -Dm0755 {{dbus-src}} {{dbus-dst}}
+
+# Installs files
+install: install-debian
     install -Dm0644 {{sysusers-src}} {{sysusers-dst}}
     install -Dm0644 {{tmpfiles-src}} {{tmpfiles-dst}}