Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 02:37:08PM +0100, Oxan van Leeuwen wrote:
> Source: debian-policy
> Version: 4.5.1.0
> Severity: normal
>
> Currently Policy requires that init.d scripts, and only init.d scripts, don't
> fail if the corresponding /etc/default is removed (section 9.3.2, second-to-last
> paragraph).
>
> Personally I interpret "not fail" as "succeed to function", i.e. it has to
> actually start the daemon. I don't think that's a particularly sensible
> requirement.
'not fail' here means that the script terminates with return code 0.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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