On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:37:00PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > Yes, make the default configurable if you have your debconf setting to > > "medium" or "low" and default to "Don't start" otherwise. > > THAT is actually a good idea. >
Thanks > > > > Personally, I think there should either be a > > > > /etc/do-not-start/<package> dir that > > > > packages' init scripts check for non-existance before starting, or a > > > > commented entry in the config file that the init script checks for > > > > non-existance before starting... > > > > > > Well, now we're getting into heavy policy stuff.... I think it would be > > > hard > > > enough to get all the daemon postinst scripts to work in run and no-run > > > mode. > > > > Actually, if we could get them all to source an sh script that > > contains that logic, all changes to policy would be self-contained. > > Please you two, do your homework. Search for invoke-rc.d in debian-policy; > Since the sysvinit maintainer is MIA, you probably got a few weeks to > give suggestions. > Actually, Steve posted the URL on the 23rd, and I'm just reading it now. Let's see if we can get some progress out of this flame thread... Mike
