Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)
Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"):
> It is documented in the update-rc.d manpage:
> If any files /etc/rcrunlevel.d/[SK]??name already exist then
> update- rc.d does nothing. The program was written this way
> so that it will never change an existing configuration, which
> may have been customized by the system administrator. The
> program will only install links if none are present, i.e., if
> it appears that the service has never been installed before.
That's good of course but the sysadmin who's messing about in /etc and
is not familiar with Debian is not likely to even have heard of
update-rc.d. Perhaps it should be in a README somewhere nearby.
Ian.
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