Re: Bug#4122: update-rc.d failed

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Brian C. White writes ("Bug#4122: update-rc.d failed"):
...
>   echo "- Installing 'start' ..."
>   update-rc.d genpowerd start 11 1 2 3 4 5
>   echo "- Installing 'stop' ..."
>   update-rc.d genpowerd stop  99 0
...
>   shift: shift count must be <= $#
...
> I could not find any installed packages on my system that use
> the "start" and "stop" commands instead of "defaults".

Hmm.  You should have had a usage message instead of the internal
error.  This will be fixed in dpkg 1.3.6.

The usage message is rather cryptic, but it does say

] usage: update-rc.d <basename> remove
]        update-rc.d <basename> defaults [<cn> | <scn> <kcn>]
]        update-rc.d <basename> start|stop <cn> <r> <r> .  ...
                                                        ^
that you need a dot at the end of the argument list.

You should replace your two calls with one:
   update-rc.d genpowerd start 11 1 2 3 4 5 . stop 99 0 .

I'll close this bug report now.

Ian.