Re: should a service/daemon get automatically started on first installation? (was: Re: How to inform users package is ready to use systemd)
On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:24:29 +0100
Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debian@mdcc.cx> wrote:
> I remember lots of discussion about the question: "should a
> service/daemon get automatically started on first installation?"
> I've just searched in Debian Policy but could not find an answer. It
> this issue still delegated to the package maintainer? (And then the
> local admin might express preference via some mechanism, iirc...)
simplifying, dh addons for services (dh_installsystemd,
dh_intallinit ...) enforce a default which seems to be:
unmask + enable + start at package installation; the maintainer can
override defaults; the user can then override wrt mask/unmask +
enable/disable
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> Bye,
>
> Joost
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