On 09/11/12 03:04, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Adrian Fita <adrian.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. >> >> I'll keep an eye on the next package update. I don't know how I missed >> this. Thanks! > > You're welcome. AFAIK this was added in Squeeze so maybe you were > looking at a Lenny manpage/howto.
Hello. Still me. I just did a cups package update (yes, I'm running Debian unstable) and noticed that the cups daemon was started after the upgrade. And indeed, looking in /var/lib/dpkg/info/cups.postinst, the daemon is started with "invoke-rc.d cups start" after every installation. This means that even tho' I have disabled cups from starting at boot with "update-rc.d cups disable", it will get started after an update/package reinstallation, which is not a pleasant surprise to say the least. At the next reboot, it will not get started, but I'm not rebooting often. So, I did some research and I found a policy-rc.d implementation at [1]. To prevent the daemons from starting even after package update/installation/reinstallation, I instaled the Debian package policyrcd-script-zg2, downloaded policy-rc.d and update-policy-rc.d in /usr/local/sbin, and run "update-policy-rc.d --set-system-default disable". There is no Debian package for gpapilion's policy-rc.d implementation yet, but he's working on a package and I hope it will be ready soon. I hope this helps other people who are having the same problem as me. 1. https://github.com/gpapilion/policy-rc.d -- 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/50b51a13.5040...@gmail.com