[debhelper-devel] Bug#749400: Bug#749400: Acknowledgement (dh_installinit: disable init scripts on removal of package)

[Cameron Norman]

El Mon, 26 de May 2014 a las 3:22 PM, Joey Hess <joeyh at debian.org> 
escribió:
> Cameron Norman wrote:
>>  diff --git a/autoscripts/postrm-init b/autoscripts/postrm-init
>>  index 6f5bb09..b5cecb8 100644
>>  --- a/autoscripts/postrm-init
>>  +++ b/autoscripts/postrm-init
>>  @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>>  +update-rc.d #SCRIPT# disable >/dev/null
>>  +
>>   if [ "$1" = "purge" ] ; then
>>   	update-rc.d #SCRIPT# remove >/dev/null
>>   fi
>> 
> This would leave a daemon's links disabled while a package was being
> upgraded. Which could result in it not starting if the system were
> rebooted at that point. It would also remain disabled if the upgrade
> failed.
> 

Would the package's binary also not be installed in those situations, 
or am I mistaken? Perhaps there is only a small window where this can 
cause problems, if the upgrade failed in the postinst step before 
dh_installinit.

> debhelper is simply copying from policy 9.3.3.1 here. I am very 
> unlikely
> to make a change away from what policy says to do.
> 

I see. I will have to go through that process then.

Thanks for the quick reply,
--
Cameron
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