Proposal: migrate admindir

Makefile

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PROG = chkconfig
 BINDIR = /sbin
 SBINDIR = /usr/sbin
 MANDIR = /usr/man
+LIBEXECDIR = /usr/libexec
 ALTDIR = /var/lib/alternatives
 ALTDATADIR = /etc/alternatives
 SYSTEMDUTILDIR = $(shell pkg-config --variable=systemdutildir systemd)
@@ -55,9 +56,9 @@ install:
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR) ] || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR) ] || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8 ] || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8
-	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(ALTDIR) ] || mkdir -p -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(ALTDIR)
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(ALTDATADIR) ] || mkdir -p -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(ALTDATADIR)
 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMDUTILDIR) ] || mkdir -p -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMDUTILDIR)
+	[ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBEXECDIR) ] || mkdir -p -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBEXECDIR)
 
 	install -m 755 $(PROG) $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)/$(PROG)
 	ln -s ../../..$(SBINDIR)/$(PROG) $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMDUTILDIR)/systemd-sysv-install
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ install:
 	install -m 755 alternatives $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)/alternatives
 	ln -s alternatives $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)/update-alternatives
 
+	install -m 755 alternatives-migration $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBEXECDIR)/alternatives-migration
+	install -m systemd/alternatives-migration.service $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSTEMDUTILDIR)/system/alternatives-migration.service
+
 	for i in $(MAN); do \
 		install -m 644 $$i $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man`echo $$i | sed "s/.*\.//"`/$$i ; \
 	done

alternatives-migration

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+# Already symlinked, nothing to do
+if [[ -L /var/lib/alternatives ]]; then
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+# Make sure that the admindir exists
+mkdir -p /etc/alternatives.admindir
+
+# Migrate the contents
+if [[ -d /var/lib/alternatives ]]; then
+    mv /var/lib/alternatives/* /etc/alternatives.admindir
+    rm -r /var/lib/alternatives
+fi
+
+# Create the symlink
+ln -s /etc/alternatives.admindir /var/lib/alternatives

alternatives.8

@@ -210,10 +210,11 @@ containing the symlinks.
 .TP
 administrative directory
 A directory, by default
-.IR /var/lib/alternatives ,
+.IR /etc/alternatives.admindir ,
 containing
 .BR alternatives '
 state information.
+/var/lib/alternatives symlinks to it.
 .TP
 link group
 A set of related symlinks, intended to be updated as a group.
@@ -414,8 +415,9 @@ Can be overridden by the
 .B --altdir
 option.
 .TP
-.I /var/lib/alternatives/
+.I /etc/alternatives.admindir/
 The default administration directory.
+/var/lib/alternatives symlinks to it.
 Can be overridden by the
 .B --admindir
 option.

alternatives.c

@@ -1290,6 +1290,30 @@ static int listServices(const char *altDir, const char *stateDir, int flags) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int dirExists(const char *path) {
+    struct stat sb;
+
+    if (stat(path, &sb) || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) || access(path, F_OK)) {
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        fprintf(stderr, _("admindir %s invalid\n"), path);
+        exit(2);
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int canUseAlternativeAdminDirUnderOSTree() {
+    if (dirExists("/var/lib/alternatives")) { return 0; }
+
+    if (fileExists("/run/ostree-booted") || isLink("/ostree")) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     const char **nextArg;
     char *end;
@@ -1304,13 +1328,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     struct stat sb;
     struct linkSet newSet = {NULL, NULL, NULL};
 
+    if (canUseAlternativeAdminDirUnderOSTree()) {
+        stateDir = "/etc/alternatives.admindir";
+    }
+
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     bindtextdomain("chkconfig", "/usr/share/locale");
     textdomain("chkconfig");
 
     if (!argv[1])
         return usage(2);
 
+    int statedir_changed = 0;
     nextArg = argv + 1;
     while (*nextArg) {
         if (!strcmp(*nextArg, "--install")) {
@@ -1408,6 +1437,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
             altDir = normalize_path_alloc(*nextArg);
             nextArg++;
         } else if (!strcmp(*nextArg, "--admindir")) {
+            statedir_changed = 1;
             nextArg++;
             if (!*nextArg)
                 usage(2);
@@ -1428,6 +1458,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
         exit(2);
     }
 
+    if ((statedir_changed == 0) && (dirExists(stateDir) == 0)) {
+        if (mkdir(stateDir, 0755) == -1) {
+            fprintf(stderr, _("creating admindir: %s\n"), strerror(errno));
+            exit(2);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (stat(stateDir, &sb) || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode) || access(stateDir, F_OK)) {
         fprintf(stderr, _("admindir %s invalid\n"), stateDir);
         exit(2);

chkconfig.spec

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ License: GPL-2.0-only
 URL: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/chkconfig
 Source: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/chkconfig/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: gcc gettext libselinux-devel make newt-devel popt-devel pkgconfig(systemd)
+BuildRequires: gcc gettext libselinux-devel make newt-devel popt-devel pkgconfig(systemd) systemd-rpm-macros
 # beakerlib might not be available on CentOS Stream any more
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires: beakerlib
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/chkconfig.d
 %{_sysconfdir}/chkconfig.d
 %{_sysconfdir}/init.d
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d
-%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc[0-6].d
-%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/rc[0-6].d
 %{_mandir}/*/chkconfig*
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install
 
@@ -95,11 +93,17 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/chkconfig.d
 %files -n alternatives
 %license COPYING
 %dir /etc/alternatives
+%ghost /etc/alternatives.admindir
+%ghost /var/lib/alternatives
+%dir %{_libexecdir}
+%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/alternatives-migration.service
 %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives
 %{_sbindir}/alternatives
 %{_mandir}/*/update-alternatives*
 %{_mandir}/*/alternatives*
-%dir /var/lib/alternatives
+
+%postun
+%systemd_postun alternatives-migration.service
 
 %changelog
 * Fri Jun 21 2024 Jan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com> - 1.28-1