Packaging best practices for Fedora 44+

Signed-off-by: Jason Rothstein <fdragon@fdragon.org>

forgejo.spec

@@ -1,49 +1,41 @@
 ExclusiveArch:  %{go_arches}
-%if 0%{?el9}
+%if 0${?el8} || 0%{?el9} || 0%{?el10} || 0%{?fc42} || 0%{?fc43} || 0%{?fc44}
-%global debug_package %{nil}
-%endif
-%if 0%{?el10}
-%global debug_package %{nil}
-%endif
-%if 0%{?fc42}
-%global debug_package %{nil}
-%endif
-%if 0%{?fc43}
-%global debug_package %{nil}
-%endif
-%if 0%{?fc44}
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 %endif
 
 Name:           forgejo
 Version:        11.0.13
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Beyond coding. We forge.
 
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:            https://forgejo.org/
 Source0:        https://codeberg.org/%{name}/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-src-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        forgejo.sysusers
 
 BuildRequires:  git
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  golang >= 1.25.9
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
-Requires(pre):  /usr/bin/getent
+BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
-Requires(pre):  /usr/sbin/useradd
+%{?sysusers_requires_compat}
 Requires:       git
 
 %description
+Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and
+low maintenance, it just does the job.
 
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-src-%{version}
-
+cp %{SOURCE1} .
 %build
 sed -i -e 's/-s -w //g' Makefile
 
 LDFLAGS=""
 export LDFLAGS
 
-make \
+%make_build \
   TAGS="bindata timetzdata pam sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" \
   FORGEJO_VERSION="%{version}-%{release}" \
   build
@@ -52,35 +44,36 @@ make \
 sed -i \
   -e 's|^User=.*$|User=forgejo|g' \
   -e 's|^Group=.*$|Group=forgejo|g' \
-  -e 's|^WorkingDirectory=.*$|WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/forgejo|g' \
+  -e 's|^WorkingDirectory=.*$|WorkingDirectory=%{_sharedstatedir}/forgejo|g' \
-  -e 's|^ExecStart=.*$|ExecStart=%{_bindir}/forgejo web /etc/forgejo/app.ini|g' \
+  -e 's|^ExecStart=.*$|ExecStart=%{_bindir}/forgejo web --config %{_sysconfdir}/forgejo/app.ini|g' \
-  -e 's|^Environment=.*$|Environment=USER=forgejo HOME=/var/lib/forgejo FORGEJO_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/forgejo|g' \
+  -e 's|^Environment=.*$|Environment=USER=forgejo HOME=%{_sharedstatedir}/forgejo FORGEJO_WORK_DIR=%{_sharedstatedir}/forgejo|g' \
   contrib/systemd/forgejo.service
 
 
 %install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-%{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/forgejo
-%{__install} -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/forgejo
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
-%{__install} -d %{buildroot}/usr/lib/systemd/system
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}
-%{__install} -d %{buildroot}/var/lib/forgejo
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/forgejo
-%{__install} -d %{buildroot}/var/log/forgejo
+install -d %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/forgejo
-%{__install} -p -m 0755 gitea %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}
+install -p -m 0755 gitea %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}
-%{__install} -p -m 0644 contrib/systemd/forgejo.service %{buildroot}/usr/lib/systemd/system/forgejo.service
+install -p -m 0644 contrib/systemd/forgejo.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/forgejo.service
+install -p -m 0644 forgejo.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/forgejo.conf
 
 
 %pre
-getent passwd forgejo > /dev/null 2>&1 || useradd -r -d /var/lib/forgejo -s /bin/bash forgejo
+%sysusers_create_compat forgejo.sysusers
-
 
 %post
-if [ -x /usr/bin/systemctl ]
+%systemd_post forgejo.service
-then
+
-  systemctl condrestart forgejo
+%preun
-elif [ -x /usr/sbin/service ]
+%systemd_preun forgejo.service
-then
+
-  service forgejo condrestart
+%postun
-fi
+%systemd_postun_with_restart forgejo.service
+
 
 %files
 %license LICENSE
@@ -89,14 +82,17 @@ fi
 %doc DCO
 %doc README.md
 %doc RELEASE-NOTES.md
-%attr(0700, forgejo, forgejo) %dir /var/lib/forgejo
+%attr(0700, forgejo, forgejo) %dir %{_sharedstatedir}/forgejo
-%attr(0700, forgejo, forgejo) %dir /var/log/forgejo
+%attr(0700, forgejo, forgejo) %dir %{_localstatedir}/log/forgejo
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
-%attr(0644, root, root) /usr/lib/systemd/system/forgejo.service
+%{_unitdir}/forgejo.service
-%attr(-, forgejo, forgejo) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/forgejo
+%{_sysusersdir}/forgejo.conf
-
+%attr(0770, root, forgejo) %dir %{_sysconfdir}/forgejo
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 11 2026 Jason Rothstein
+- packaging best practices for Fedora 44
+
 * Wed Apr 29 2026 Jason Rothstein
 - 11.0.13
 

forgejo.sysusers

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u forgejo - "Forgejo Git Service" /var/lib/forgejo /sbin/nologin