>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> writes:
Andreas> Hello, FWIW I do not share Andrej Shaduras view on this. My Andreas> interpretation is basically the opposite. The invoke-rc.d, Andreas> policy-rc.d and update-rc.d policy mandated abstraction is Andreas> solely for the use of maintainer scripts in debian packages Andreas> (and should not be used by init systems or elsewhere). Andreas> Note also that the 'service' utility abstraction, which is Andreas> supposed to be for (interactive) administator usage also Andreas> does not care about policy-rc.d (as designed). And note that all of the above is only for init scripts. As an example systemd has a native interface for turning on and off service units. (disable/enable). And a native interface for a sysadmin overriding that (masking).