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Re: dpkg-reconfigure and init scripts



Simon Richter wrote:
> I suppose you are using debhelper. debhelper will unconditionally start
> the daemon in the postinst and stop it in the prerm (which is good for
> packages not using debconf). You will need to call dh_installinit with
> the -n option for now, and add the relevant code to the
> {pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts yourself.
> 
> Joey, do you think you could teach debhelper an alternate code fragment
> for the postinst if it finds a .config script for the package?

I suppose you could use dh_installinit -r if your daemon does not need
to be restarted on upgrade. In general there is no way for me to tell if the
debconf configuration influences the configuration of the daemon; if it
does the daemon should be restarted.

-- 
see shy jo

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