Package: ipmitool
Version: 1.8.14-4

Hi maintainer,

When I install the ipmitool package on Jessie (either 1.8.14-4 from stable, or a local backport of 1.8.17-1 to Jessie), the ipmievd.service systemd unit starts up, even though the packaging implies the intention is that it should not start up unless explicitly enabled. I think what's happening is that the package writes out an /etc/default/ipmievd that's supposed to disable the initscript, but on a machine where init is systemd, `invoke-rc.d ipmievd start` runs the systemd unit, which doesn't look at /etc/default/ipmievd.

Since the systemd unit is not explicitly enabled, after a reboot, ipmievd isn't running. So this looks like unintentional behavior.

I'm not sure what the right fix for this is. `dh_installinit --no-start` definitely solves the problem on systems where systemd is init, but maybe you want to restart ipmievd for systems that have it enabled and are using sysvinit as init.

Thanks,
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Geoffrey Thomas
https://ldpreload.com
geo...@ldpreload.com

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