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Bug#379001: marked as done (debian-policy: update-rc.d overrides sysadmins wishes)

Your message dated Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:01:21 -0300
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and subject line Bug#379001: debian-policy: update-rc.d overrides sysadmins wishes
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.2.1
Severity: wishlist

The policy says that postinst should run "update-rc.d ... defaults",
however this means that symlinks are reverted back upon all upgrades.

I have a large number of packages installed for testing, but I do not
want them started by default.  In some cases I could edit
/etc/defaults/package and set them to disabled there.

I think update-rc.d defaults should only be called on a fresh install,
not an upgrade.

Thanks,

Adrian
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> The policy says that postinst should run "update-rc.d ... defaults",
> however this means that symlinks are reverted back upon all upgrades.

No, it doesn't.  Please read the update-rc.d manpage carefully.  update-rc.d
will not change links that exist already when run as above.

That said, some packages *purge* all links on purpose and then reset them.
Please direct complains about that to the package maintainer, policy already
forbids such abuse, but update-rc.d is too dumb for maintainers to do
otherwise when they *really* need to update the links.

> I have a large number of packages installed for testing, but I do not
> want them started by default.  In some cases I could edit
> /etc/defaults/package and set them to disabled there.

Change all S-links to K-links, don't remove them.

> I think update-rc.d defaults should only be called on a fresh install,
> not an upgrade.

Actually, update-rc.d needs to be replaced by something a lot more
intelligent.  But this is not a policy matter (policy will be changed when
the time comes), and it is not doable for Etch, unfortunately :-(   Maybe
for Etch+1.

I am closing this bug.

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