Problem with update-rc.d
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While investigating the situation that broke shutdown among
other things on my machine, I discovered the following -- update-rc.d
refuses to modify a symlink in /etc/rc?.d if it isn't pointing exactly
at ../init.d/<file-in-question> -- even if it IS pointing at
/etc/init.d/<file-in-question>. The major problem is that all of my
symlinks in rc?.d are in the format of /etc/init.d/<file-in-question>
and I know of at least one other person now who experienced similar
symptoms to mine and who probably has exactly the same problem.
The problem is aggravated by the fact that there is no mechanism
by which these bad links can be fixed by the system -- they'll stick
around on a purge, and won't be overwritten on a reinstall. I'm
considering filing a critical bug against dpkg, but wanted to hear
from other developers before I did so.
Comments?
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Zed Pobre <zcp@po.cwru.edu> | PGP key on servers, fingerprint on finger
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