Re: Daemon init scripts and apt-get [was: Re: red worm amusement]

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:37:00PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > Yes, make the default configurable if you have your debconf setting to
> > "medium" or "low" and default to "Don't start" otherwise.
> 
> THAT is actually a good idea.
>

Thanks

> > > > Personally, I think there should either be a /etc/do-not-start/<package> dir that
> > > > packages' init scripts check for non-existance before starting, or a
> > > > commented entry in the config file that the init script checks for
> > > > non-existance before starting...
> > > 
> > > Well, now we're getting into heavy policy stuff....  I think it would be hard
> > > enough to get all the daemon postinst scripts to work in run and no-run mode.
> > 
> > Actually, if we could get them all to source an sh script that
> > contains that logic, all changes to policy would be self-contained.
> 
> Please you two, do your homework. Search for invoke-rc.d in debian-policy;
> Since the sysvinit maintainer is MIA, you probably got a few weeks to
> give suggestions.
>

Actually, Steve posted the URL on the 23rd, and I'm just reading it now.

Let's see if we can get some progress out of this flame thread...

Mike