Re: init scripts

["Tibor D." <linux_ch@scientist.com>]

Rob wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> Occasionally I install a Debian package that I
> do not want to start everytime I boot. In this
> situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either
> stick the init script into a specific runlevel
> or just remove it from all runlevels. 
>
> This works fine, however, when I do an upgrade,
> any packages that are upgraded will put the 
> symlinks back and I will have to remember to
> use update-rc.d on each package that was upgraded.

I did following:
put in the "to deactivate"-skript the 1st line "exit 0".
When I was playing with my X-config, I put
"test -e kdm.deactivated && exit 0" into /etc/init.d/kdm, so if I want 
to deactivate kdm, I have to "touch /init.d/kdm.deactivated", to 
reactivate it, just rm it.