tag 492637 patch thanks Here's a patch to make the postinst and prerm scripts use invoke-rc.d when it's available, per policy.
-- Matt http://ftbfs.org/
diff -ru bitlbee-1.2.1~/debian/postinst bitlbee-1.2.1/debian/postinst --- bitlbee-1.2.1~/debian/postinst 2008-07-30 14:55:51.000000000 -0700 +++ bitlbee-1.2.1/debian/postinst 2008-07-30 14:57:10.000000000 -0700 @@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ fi if [ -n "$2" -a "$BITLBEE_UPGRADE_DONT_RESTART" != "1" ]; then - /etc/init.d/bitlbee restart + if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then + invoke-rc.d bitlbee restart + else + /etc/init.d/bitlbee restart + fi fi ## If we're upgrading, we'll probably skip this next part @@ -90,5 +94,9 @@ fi if [ -z "$2" ]; then - /etc/init.d/bitlbee start + if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then + invoke-rc.d bitlbee start + else + /etc/init.d/bitlbee start + fi fi diff -ru bitlbee-1.2.1~/debian/prerm bitlbee-1.2.1/debian/prerm --- bitlbee-1.2.1~/debian/prerm 2008-07-30 14:55:51.000000000 -0700 +++ bitlbee-1.2.1/debian/prerm 2008-07-30 14:57:49.000000000 -0700 @@ -9,5 +9,9 @@ mv /usr/share/bitlbee/help.txt /usr/share/bitlbee/help.upgrading fi else - /etc/init.d/bitlbee stop || exit 0 + if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then + invoke-rc.d bitblee stop || exit 0 + else + /etc/init.d/bitlbee stop || exit 0 + fi fi