[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#679491: Bug#679491: [fetchmail] Spamassassin-Fetchmail depedenty boot order needs fixing

[Nico Golde]

Hi,
* David Baron <d_baron at 012.net.il> [2012-06-29 08:37]:
> > The new sysv-rc assined K01 symlinks to fetchmail.
> > 
> > However, I want to have spamassassin and its rules up beforehand. I have 
> been 
> > doing this explicitly in what is now rc.local. Fetchmail did not like the 
> > duplicated start and my mail wored only after I restarted fetcmail.
> > 
> > There must be a more correct way to do this.
> > 
> > ( Meanwhile, I removed the symlinks to allow my rc.local to start fetchmail. 
> > The next upgrades will restore them unless I divert. The sysv-rc gave K03 
> > symlinks to spamassassin which would mean starting after fetchmail and there 
> > is not menion of the rules. )

K symlinks don't define the start order during boot.

[...] 
> So you just need to have
>   Should-Start: spamassassin
> in the fetchmail script.  And/or
>   X-Start-Before: fetchmail
> in the spamassassin script.  Then re-run insserv.

This won't happen or at least is very unlikely. I don't see a bug here to be 
honest and the purpose of those targets is not to list every single individual 
program that people might find useful to get started beforehand.

Kind regards
Nico
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