Topic 13: Starting daemons in the postinst scripts
STATE: DISCUSSION
The following policy has been suggested:
If a package installs a `daemon' that is usually started via an
/etc/init.d/ script, the package should query the system
administrator after the installation (in the postinst script) if
he/she wants to start the daemon now.
(Does someone know a better wording for this?)
Question: Should this policy apply to all packages that install daemons or
only to packages which install a daemon as well as user/admin commands?
Wouldn't it be good if every script in /etc/init.d would start with a
shell
variable that's set to 0 or 1, depending on whether the daemon should be
started at boot up time or not? For example:
#!/bin/sh
run_foo=0
test $run_foo == 0 && exit 0
...
The script (the variable) can be adapted by the postinst script. If the
sysadmin wants the start the daemon, it should be started in the postinst
script, too.
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