Re: update-inetd

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Steve Langasek wrote:

> > * should packages disable inetd config entries on removal and in
> > preparation for upgrade, and then reenable the entries after upgrade
> > is complete?
> 
> No, they shouldn't, because this loses local modifications to the inetd.conf
> line.

Actually it doesn't.

If you call update-inetd with --disable in prerm it just prepends
"#<off># " to your line (if the service is enabled), and when you call
it in postinst with --enable it will remove the "#<off># ".

Running --enable will not touch any lines without the magic '#<off># '
token, so if the admin commented out the line with just # (or anything
not #<off>#) the service will stay disabled, thereby preserving the
admin's configuration.

Peter
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