Bug#124103: apt: Apt re-installs deleted /etc/rc*.d files and restarts programs... inetd for example

["Jeffrey C. Albro" <jeff@velvet.antistatic.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal
Tags: security security

If you run:

update-rc.d -f inetd remove (which blows away links in rc*.d, and stops it from starting on reboot, but doesn't delete the /etc/init.d/inetd file)

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (and inted is updgraded)

Then the links in rc*.d are re-installed.  I've seen this with lpd as well.  I consider it a security hole as it re-opens porst I've closed on purpose.

-Jeff




-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux velvet 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.2.4-5           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.011006 The GNU stdc++ library