Bug#801065: Documenting how to not fail postinst on service fails to starto
O#n Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 04:47:37PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> retitle -1 turn #904558 into advice - how postinst should deal with failures
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:26:58AM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote:
> > The TC bug is 904558.
>
> thank you very much for this pointer, that's a pretty good discussion,
> which resulted in
>
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> So, the TC declines to rule on what should maintscripts do when failing
> to
> (re)start a service (or otherwise encountering a similarly serious
> problem).
>
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> (read the full result at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904558#137 )
Note that the TC declining to rule on an issue does not override the policy group right to make
a determination on that issue. So we are back to the situation before the referral to the TC.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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