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Re: service helper package



Stephen Gran wrote:
>>> # Check whether we were configured to not start the services.
>>> check_for_no_start() {
>>>     if [ "$SERVICE_DISABLED" = "yes" ]; then
>> This is such a broken behavior. Initscripts are enabled and disabled in
>> the configuration of the init system.
> 
> That's not quite true - many packages in debian use an enable/disable
> variable in an /etc/default/package file.

Not talking about any policy, but I personally hate it. Why on earth
would you want to have a package NOT to work if you install it? This is
insane...

Thomas



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