On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 07:38:10PM +0100, Tim Haynes wrote: > Adam Olsen <rhamph@d2dc.net> writes: > > > > It should be sufficient to do > > > update-rc.d -f portmap remove > > > update-rc.d -f lpd remove > > > update-rc.d -f bind remove > > > > As an aside, I did this with proftpd, but when I upgrade the install > > scripts restart it. Is there a proper way way to deal with this? Is there > > some debian policy relating to it? > > No real answer from me, but I've noticed this too - whenever I `apt-get > dist-upgrade' and get a new version of a package, it starts the services > required. Don't like it. I really want to be able to specify otherwise. If you read the manpage for update-rc.d, you'll note that it says If any files /etc/rcrunlevel.d/[SK]??name already exist then update-rc.d does nothing. This is so that the system administrator can rearrange the links, provided that they leave at least one link remaining, without having their configuration overwritten. So, to leave a service installed but not starting, you need to leave at least one K link. if you're saying "hey, that's not intuitive", you're right. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=67095&repeatmerged=yes for more discussion. Incidentally, debian has another daemon issue ... whether daemons should start immediately after installation. This is in fact why the above problem happens ... since no start/stop links are found, it's assumed that this is a new installation of the daemon, so it's started for you. However, many would like the ability to prevent daemons from automatically starting after installation even if this is a new install. There's been much discussion on d-devel about this problem, and how to solve it. While it's clear most everyone agrees it's a problem, I don't know that consensus has been reached on how to solve it. HTH, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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