On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 10:35:38PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 06.10.2015 um 22:16 schrieb Antonio Terceiro: > > On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 10:47:28PM +0300, Hleb Valoshka wrote: > >> Hi all. > >> > >> I'm packaging web server for ruby called unicorn. The package installs > >> sysv init script, I want to make it installed but not activated > >> because unicorn itself is useless, user should configure it and > >> activate it with "update-rc.d unicorn enable". Or it may installed as > >> dependency for rainbows, so it's clear that it should not run. > >> > >> So I need something like "dh_systemd_enable --no-enable", existing > >> options for dh_installinit like "--no-start" or > >> "--update-rcd-params=..." does not work such way, so we need to > >> introduce workarounds in postinstall script. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > > See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=709384 > Unfortunately not a lot has happened since the bug was filed. > > > > for sysvinit you need to code that manually in the initscript. several > > packages have their initscripts source /etc/default/$package, and check > > for some variable that says whether the service should start on boot or > > not. > > > > look at varnish for an example. > > Please don't use such ENABLE flags in /etc/default/, this is an > anti-feature. > > If your package does not work unconfigured, a better alternative is to > check for the existence of a config file. Yes, sure. I absolutely agree that doing this is way better then ENABLE flags in /etc/default/$foo. My main point was that however you do, for sysvinit that has to be coded manually in the initscript. -- Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org>
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