[Michael Biebl] > In summary, insserv should know, if the existing symlinks have local > modifications, or not. If not, it should update the symlinks to match > the information in the LSB init header.
I agree that it is not an optimal way of solving it, but for postinst scripts to keep working with sysv-rc and file-rc, they need to use the interface provided by update-rc.d to update the runlevels. At the moment, that require a removal and an insertion. I hope someone can find time to specify a new feature of update-rc.d for updating the runlevel settings, but until that is available, removing and adding is the only available way to do it. > Example: As maintainer of dbus, I decide that dbus-daemon doesn't > need kill symlinks for 0 6, so I remove 0 6 from Default-Stop. On > package upgrades the obsolete symlinks should be removed > automatically. Otherwise I have to write a postinst script, have to > run "update-rc.d dbus remove" and mustn't forget to use -f, > otherwise dbus is not removed as a lot of other services depend on > it. This is error prone and cumbersome. I agree. Yet it is the only policy compliant way to do it. :( This can not be solved by insserv alone. It need to be solved by changing how update-rc.d is supposed to work. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
