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Re: dh_installinit...



On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 04:20:18PM +0200, Thomas -Balu- Walter wrote:

> I'm not sure what would be best practice to avoid those errors, because
> the admin might have to configure the video device first anyway (though
> the default /dev/video0 is usually a nice guess).
> 
> Have an /etc/default/camsource where the admin has to enable the daemon
> setting $START_CAMSOURCE?
> The init script could display something like 
> "Please configure camsource using /etc/camsource.conf and enable it in
> /etc/default/camsource if you want to use init to start it." 
> if not enabled...
> 
> Use --no-start with dh_installinit and stop the daemon manually on
> uninstall in prerm?
> 
> Other?

Let it fail to start; simply don't allow this to break the postinst.

-- 
 - mdz



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