On 09/11/12 00:32, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Adrian Fita <adrian.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> So the thing is this: I have some daemons that I keep them installed, >> but I don't start them at boot; I like to conserve my memory resources >> and only start the daemons when I really need them. I have disabled them >> with "update-rc.d -f remove", but every time I update their package, >> they are added back to starting at boot (and are even started >> immediately after the updated package is installed, grr!); then I have >> to remember to run "update-rc.d -f remove", double grr! > > update-rc.d <daemon> disable
Wow. Could it be this simple?! It certainly looks like it, as the man for update-rc.d says: A common system administration error is to delete the links with the thought that this will "disable" the service, i.e., that this will prevent the service from being started. However, if all links have been deleted then the next time the package is upgraded, the package's postinst script will run update-rc.d again and this will reinstall links at their factory default locations. The correct way to disable services is to configure the service as stopped in all runlevels in which it is started by default. In the System V init system this means renaming the service's symbolic links from S to K. I'll keep an eye on the next package update. I don't know how I missed this. Thanks! -- Adrian Fita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/509c3934.7070...@gmail.com