On Tue 12 Jul 2016 at 15:06:33 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Le quintidi 25 messidor, an CCXXIV, Brian a écrit : > > The behaviour is sensible and acceptable. > > Yes, as long as it can be changed.
Of course it can be changed. Jost change Policy. > > > Anyone who installs a daemon > > wants to use it; why install it in the first place? > > Tu configure it before starting it? It's already configured. Want another configuration? Alter and restart the service. > To have it at hand and be able to start it occasionally? Stop the service etc. > To use auxiliary programs that come in the same package? Auxiliary programs probably need the daemon but an example would help. That's two examples being awaited. > To prepare a filesystem for another host in a chroot? > > You sure lack imagination. Sometimes I imagine that posts like the first one in this thread lead somewhere. The topic has been done to death in the past. > (Fortunately, systemd brought a solution for the fourth situation, since it > does not start services in chroots.)