Could the service file for radvd be updated to have something like

ConditionPathExists=/etc/radvd.conf

in the [Unit] section so that it at least doesn't error on upgrading to 
Debian 10?

On Sat, 25 May 2019 00:48:45 +0300 sergio <sergio...@outerface.net> wrote:

 > On 25/05/2019 00:24, Geert Stappers wrote:
 >
 >
 > > Please do understand that radvd is not a webserver nor a database
 > > engine like postgress.
 > >
 > > For radvd is no default configuration available that is harmless for
 > > all sites where `apt install radvd` is done.
 > >
 > > That in other words: Starting radvd upon install with some "works
 > > for me configuration" is considered HARMFULL.
 >
 > So it must not be started after `apt install radvd`.
 >
 >
 > > I do understand the wish that radvd should be started upon install
 > > like Apache, nginx or Postgress as we are used to in Debian. But I
 > > don't know with which sane default configuration.
 > >
 > > Leaving ticket open for a while in case a good config shows up.
 >
 > The default configuration should be:
 >
 > interface <I> {
 > AdvSendAdvert on;
 > prefix ::/64 {};
 > };
 >
 > Interface <I> should be asked by debconf during installation process.
 >
 >
 >
 > But really there is one more issue, prompted me to open this bug:
 > I've dist-upgraded the host, with configured radvd. From stretch
 > with sysvinit to buster with systemd. After dist-upgrade I was need to
 > enable radvd manually with systemctl enable radvd.service.
 >
 >
 > --
 > sergio.
 >
 >

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