Control: severity -1 serious Control: tags -1 + patch Not shipping init scripts equivalent to the service files violates policy 9.11, therefore the bug severity is serious.
I've now attached a patch.
diff -Nur rng-tools5-5/debian/changelog rng-tools5-5-patched/debian/changelog --- rng-tools5-5/debian/changelog 2018-10-16 23:41:15.000000000 +0200 +++ rng-tools5-5-patched/debian/changelog 2018-10-16 23:47:35.856000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +rng-tools5 (5-4) unstable; urgency=low + + [Carsten Leonhardt] + * Add init script. (Closes: #909788) + + -- Carsten Leonhardt <l...@debian.org> Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:45:50 +0200 + rng-tools5 (5-3) unstable; urgency=low * adds check so the daemon exits properly after receiving a diff -Nur rng-tools5-5/debian/rngd.init rng-tools5-5-patched/debian/rngd.init --- rng-tools5-5/debian/rngd.init 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ rng-tools5-5-patched/debian/rngd.init 2018-10-16 23:41:52.272000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# kFreeBSD do not accept scripts as interpreters, using #!/bin/sh and sourcing. +if [ true != "$INIT_D_SCRIPT_SOURCED" ] ; then + set "$0" "$@"; INIT_D_SCRIPT_SOURCED=true . /lib/init/init-d-script +fi +### BEGIN INIT INFO +# Provides: rngd +# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog +# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog +# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 +# Default-Stop: 0 1 6 +# Short-Description: entropy gathering daemon (rngd) +# Description: Check and feed random data from hardware device +# to kernel random device + +### END INIT INFO + +# Author: Carsten Leonhardt <l...@debian.org> + +DESC="entropy gathering daemon" +DAEMON=/usr/sbin/rngd
