Re: better make a standard for /etc/*/*_not_to_be_run
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 02:39:43AM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> * Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> [030810 02:32]:
>
> > > Indeed, there are plenty of packages that I want installed, but that I use
> > > only once a year or that are controlled by /etc/ppp/ip-*, thus I don't
> > > want them started each boot.
> >
> > rm -f /etc/rc?.d/S*package
>
> might not survive a update of this package, update-rc.d (or
> update-inetd) should be a better solution.
The man page for the former will explain why this is presently the correct
way to prevent a daemon from starting at boot.
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- mdz
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