The service file should not be handled as a configuration file. It

should be replaced with the newer version on update.

On Debian the scripts for enabling and stopping the service was missing.

Author: sheidrich-inet

src/com/inet/gradle/setup/unix/deb/DebBuilder.java

@@ -322,7 +322,11 @@ private void setupService( Service service ) throws IOException {
 
     		String systemdScriptFile = "usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service";
     		systemdScript.writeTo( createFile( systemdScriptFile , true ) );
-    		controlBuilder.addConfFile( systemdScriptFile );
+    		
+    		controlBuilder.addTailScriptFragment( Script.POSTINST, "( [ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl enable " + serviceUnixName + " ) || true" );
+    		controlBuilder.addTailScriptFragment( Script.PREINST, "[ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl stop \"" + serviceUnixName + "\" || true" );
+    		controlBuilder.addTailScriptFragment( Script.PRERM, "[ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl stop " + serviceUnixName + " || true" );
+    		controlBuilder.addTailScriptFragment( Script.PRERM, "( [ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl disable " + serviceUnixName + " ) || true" );
         }
 
         // copy a default service file if set

src/com/inet/gradle/setup/unix/rpm/RpmBuilder.java

@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ private void setupService( Service service ) throws IOException {
 
     		String systemdScriptFile = "BUILD/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service";
     		systemdScript.writeTo( createFile( systemdScriptFile , true ) );
-    		controlBuilder.addConfFile( systemdScriptFile );
 
     		controlBuilder.addScriptFragment( RpmControlFileBuilder.Script.POSTINSTTAIL, "( [ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl enable " + serviceUnixName + " ) || true" );
     		controlBuilder.addScriptFragment( RpmControlFileBuilder.Script.PREINSTHEAD, "[ -f \"/usr/lib/systemd/system/" + serviceUnixName + ".service\" ] && systemctl stop \"" + serviceUnixName + "\" || true" );