Re: better make a standard for /etc/*/*_not_to_be_run

[Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net>]

On 17-Aug-03, 15:53 (CDT), Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote: 
> More foggy thoughts: maybe if a package "should be started at boot or
> not" could be a dpkg-reconfigure question too?

Oh, barf. For 99% of the installations, if you are installing a daemon,
you want it to run. Thus, the sensible default is to set it up to do so.

If you are among the 1% who installs it but for some reason doesn't want
it to run, then remove the start links, as has been documented forever.
That leaves the "restart on upgrade" problem, and we *have* a solution
for that (invoke-rc.d), and are just waiting for some one to implement
the remaining component (policy-rc.d).

So rather than wasting time coming up with new schemes, and dicking
around with yet more useless debconf questions, why not just implement
the existing, well-though-out scheme?

Steve

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Steve Greenland
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