[debhelper-devel] Bug#864504: dh_systemd_enable: please go back using `disable` instead of `mask`

[Michael Biebl]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 22:12:08 +0100 Alan Jenkins
<alan.christopher.jenkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/08/17 20:52, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:48:59 +0100 Alan Jenkins
> >> There were two reasons `mask` was used here.
> >>
> >> 1. #722521.  Removing a package naturally deletes most of its files, including
> >>     deleting the systemd service unit.  However the system V init script is
> >>     preserved, because it might include user changes.  This can work OK under
> >>     system V init, but systemd also picks up the initscript, and will show it
> >>     as a started service in messages, logs, `systemctl list-units` etc.
> >>
> >> #722521 seems perfectly possible to resolve, without resorting to masking.
> > How?
> >
> 
> You snipped my point 2, which also referred to #722521.  Sadly this was 
> a typo. Point _2_ is the easy one to resolve.  Point 1 should have 
> referred to #714903; I think it is the more fundamental issue.

Can you please explain how #714903 can be fixed differently so masking
is not needed?

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