On 2015-07-29 17:47, b...@debian.org wrote:
>>> The real problem is in the postinst which unconditionally starts this
>>> service, i.e. without using incoke-rc.d.
>>
>> But this has not been addressed at all.
> 
> As you probably noticed, the packaging merely forwards postinst events
> to the upstream post-install scripts, which uses the distro-portable
> 'service' command to start and stop services.

See https://bugs.debian.org/656229 why service is not to be used from
maintainer scripts.

> Does this mean the Debian maintainer has to patch upstream to
> special-case Debian?

Yes.

> Also are you interested in working on such a fix, since you have
> enough time to reopen bugs one month after closing (through an
> upstream patch, or making 'service' consistent with 'update-rc.d')?

No.


Andreas


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