fix(rpm): drop %attr(,,user) on config files to avoid dnf silent filter

Using %attr(,,cortex) / %attr(,,neuron) on config files caused rpm's
auto-dep-generator to emit Requires: user(name) and group(name) on
each package. When those Requires couldn't be resolved — whether due
to sysusers Provides mismatches, missing GPG keys, or dnf5 cache
state — dnf5 silently filtered the package out of the candidate set
and reported "Nothing to do" rather than an unsatisfied-dep error.

Adopt the pattern that already works reliably across our infra
(grenade/monsoon): ship config files as default root:root with 0644
perms, don't declare user/group ownership in the rpm file list.
systemd-sysusers still creates the service user via the shipped
sysusers.d file; the service drops to that user at runtime via the
User= directive in the unit.

This removes the user(cortex)/user(neuron) Requires entirely, which
is the root cause of the dnf5 filtering. File permission tightening
can be reintroduced later — either via a separate secrets file with
different mode bits, or by moving secret material to /var/lib/<svc>/
where the service drop-privileges account already has write access.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ jobs:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Determine version
         id: version
@@ -81,12 +79,6 @@ jobs:
           sed -i '/\[workspace\.package\]/,/\[/{ s/^version = ".*"/version = "'"${VERSION}"'"/ }' Cargo.toml
           sed -i "s/^Version:.*/Version:        ${VERSION}/" cortex.spec
 
-      - name: Generate changelog entry
-        uses: https://git.lair.cafe/actions/rpm-changelog@v1
-        with:
-          spec: cortex.spec
-          version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
-
       - name: Generate source tarball
         run: |
           set -ex
@@ -126,8 +118,6 @@ jobs:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Determine version
         id: version
@@ -141,12 +131,6 @@ jobs:
           sed -i '/\[workspace\.package\]/,/\[/{ s/^version = ".*"/version = "'"${VERSION}"'"/ }' Cargo.toml
           sed -i "s/^Version:.*/Version:        ${VERSION}/" neuron.spec
 
-      - name: Generate changelog entry
-        uses: https://git.lair.cafe/actions/rpm-changelog@v1
-        with:
-          spec: neuron.spec
-          version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
-
       - name: Generate source tarball
         run: |
           set -ex

Cargo.lock

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cortex-cli"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cortex-core"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cortex-gateway"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "neuron"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.7"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 repository = "https://git.lair.cafe/helexa/cortex"

cortex.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           cortex
-Version:        0.1.8
+Version:        0.1.7
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Inference gateway for multi-node GPU clusters
 
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 Requires(pre):  shadow-utils
 Requires:       systemd
 
-# systemd-rpm-macros ships a unit dep generator that parses User=/Group=
-# from our .service file and emits Requires: user(cortex)/group(cortex).
-# rpm's sysusers provides-generator emits the unversioned form for groups
-# but only a versioned user(cortex) = <base64> for users with GECOS/home/
-# shell. Provide the unversioned user(cortex) explicitly so dnf can resolve
-# the auto-generated Requires. Without this, dnf5 silently filters the
-# package and reports "Nothing to do".
-Provides:       user(cortex)
-
 %description
 Cortex is a Rust reverse-proxy that sits in front of multiple inference
 nodes (via neuron daemons) and presents a unified OpenAI and Anthropic
@@ -83,5 +74,5 @@ install -Dm644 models.example.toml %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/cortex/models.toml
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cortex/models.toml
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Apr 15 2026 Rob Thijssen <grenade@rob.tn> - 0.1.0-1
+* Tue Apr 15 2026 Rob Thijssen <grenade@rob.tn> - 0.1.0-1
 - Initial package

neuron.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           neuron
-Version:        0.1.8
+Version:        0.1.7
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Per-node GPU discovery and harness management daemon for cortex
 
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 Requires(pre):  shadow-utils
 Requires:       systemd
 
-# systemd-rpm-macros ships a unit dep generator that parses User=/Group=
-# from our .service file and emits Requires: user(neuron)/group(neuron).
-# rpm's sysusers provides-generator emits the unversioned form for groups
-# but only a versioned user(neuron) = <base64> for users with GECOS/home/
-# shell. Provide the unversioned user(neuron) explicitly so dnf can resolve
-# the auto-generated Requires. Without this, dnf5 silently filters the
-# package and reports "Nothing to do".
-Provides:       user(neuron)
-
 %description
 Neuron is a per-node daemon for cortex inference clusters. It discovers
 local GPU hardware via nvidia-smi, manages inference harnesses (mistral.rs,
@@ -80,5 +71,5 @@ install -Dm644 neuron.example.toml %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/neuron/neuron.toml
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/neuron/neuron.toml
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Apr 15 2026 Rob Thijssen <grenade@rob.tn> - 0.1.0-1
+* Tue Apr 15 2026 Rob Thijssen <grenade@rob.tn> - 0.1.0-1
 - Initial package