Cyrus 2.1 and 2.2 init scripts

Benjamin Seidenberg astronut at dlgeek.net
Mon Oct 16 20:11:33 UTC 2006


Ross Boylan wrote:
> I upgraded my system from Cyrus 2.1 to 2.2 awhile ago.  It looks to me
> as if the init script for Cryus 2.1 is still active, because it checks
> for the existence of cyrmaster.
>
> Since 2.1 and 2.2 basically do the same thing, invoking cyrmaster, I'm
> not sure this is a problem, but it looks odd.
>
> Is this behavior intended, have I misunderstood something, or is this
> worth filing a bug about?
>
> Thanks.
>   
As I understand it, this is according to policy. The init script is 
considered a conf file, and is preserved on package removal. Since you 
didn't purge the package, the file stays.




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