Bug#21585: PROPOSED] /etc/init.d/<script> need not be a conffile if actively maintained

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

retitle 21585 [PROPOSED] /etc/init.d/<script> need not be a conffile if actively maintained
thanks

I second this proposal.  I suggest that the paragraph in question (now
in section 3.3.5) be reworded as:

     _Do not_ include the `/etc/rc<n>.d/*' symbolic links in `dpkg''s
     conffiles list! _This will cause problems!_ _Do_, however, either
     include the `/etc/init.d' scripts in conffiles or handle them
     fully in the maintainer scripts. (This is important since we want
     to give the local system administrator the chance to adapt the scripts
     to the local system--e.g., to disable a service without deinstalling
     the package, or to specify some special command line options when
     starting a service--while making sure her changes aren't lost during
     the next package upgrade.  Hence, if the maintainer scripts option is
     taken, the scripts must be careful not interfere with any
     user-modified scripts, and must take care to remove the file when
     the package is purged.)

  Julian

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
        Debian GNU/Linux Developer,  see http://www.debian.org/~jdg