Merge lp:~thomas-voss/unity8/add_post_inst_script_to_gain_cap_sys_resource into lp:unity8

[Thomas Voß]

Add postinst script to grant CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for the unity8 executable.

Add postinst script to grant CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for the unity8 executable.

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

LGTM

review: Approve

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

This is not working, 'cause we're ext2 mounted without xattr... does ext2 support xattr at all?

review: Needs Fixing

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review: Needs Fixing (continuous-integration)

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

looks good

review: Approve

Unmerged revisions

463. By Thomas Voß on 2013-10-15

Add postinst script to grant CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for the unity8 executable.

=== added file 'debian/unity8.postinst'
--- debian/unity8.postinst	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ debian/unity8.postinst	2013-10-15 10:47:14 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# As per https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity8/+bug/1238691 the unity8
+# executable requires the capability to adjust the OOM scores of
+# application processes and thus, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
+
+set -e
+
+PROGRAM=/usr/bin/unity8
+
+if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
+    if which setcap > /dev/null && [ -e $PROGRAM ]; then
+        if ! setcap CAP_SYS_RESOURCE=+ep $PROGRAM >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Setting capabilities for unity8 using Linux Capabilities failed."
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
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