Rationale for /etc/init.d/* being conffiles?

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

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This came from bug #16058.

Policy Manual 3.4.5 says:

   Do not include the /etc/rcn.d/* symbolic links in dpkg's conffiles
   list! This will cause problems! Do, however, include the /etc/init.d
   scripts in conffiles.

However, it does not say why /etc/init.d/* scripts have to be conffiles.
They are usually programs, not configuration files.

Could somebody please explain the rationale for having *all*
/etc/init.d/* scripts as conffiles?

Please, don't say "you can deactivate the service by modifying the
scripts", since we already can deactivate the service by uninstalling the
package, and the *real* configuration files will remember how exactly do
we want the services to be activated again when we install the package
again.

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