Bug#21585: PROPOSED] /etc/init.d/<script> need not be a conf

[Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>]

On 30-May-99 Julian Gilbey wrote:
> 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.)
> 

This would take away the admins ability to make modifications to the scripts. 
I would find this to be a bad thing.