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Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)



* Kurt Roeckx:

> On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 10:10:38PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> Florian Weimer writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"):
>> > Really?  Won't upgrades re-enable disabled services if update-rc.d is
>> > used?
>> 
>> Only if you delete _all_ of the links.  If you leave the K links in
>> the shutdown and reboot runlevels, they will not be put back.
>> 
>> This ought to be documented somewhere ...
>
> It is documented in the update-rc.d manpage:

Interesting, thanks.

The manpage also says:

| System administrators are not encouraged to use update-rc.d to manage
| runlevels.

My experience with update-rc.d has been mixed at best.  Removing the S
links manually is probably the better approach (instead of accidentally
removing the K links as well, risking reactivation).


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