On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Bob Proulx wrote: > Some time ago someone made an argument similar to this for conffiles. > That if a conffile were removed that it was an intentional change. > Even if accidental. And then things were changed so that if a > conffile is removed then that is now considered a local change. And
That is correct so. > > Disabling an init script is *not* the same as leaving a K link... > > because a K link will attempt to stop the service if manually started. > > This MUST NOT happen. > > Runlevel 6 is the reboot level and all init scripts there are K links. I did not say 6, but even for 6 there may very well be users of some dæmon that shall not be terminated by the init script shipped with that dæmon. Because initscripts tend to use start-stop-daemon, matching by invocation path and, i not root, username, this will catch too much. > Before introducing extraordinary breakage I think it should require > extraordinary proof for saying why leaving a K link in runlevel 6 is I did not say 6. It’s there for *all* runlevels. You yourself showed that. > > Considering raising severity on this as disabling with update-rc.d remove > > does not work and disabling with update-rc.d disable wrongly leaves any K Still considering this. > The reverse is also true. The opposite behavior of not installing > symlinks if there is no configuration will absolutely break my use of OK, so let’s add a new option for that. I don’t have a problem with that; I wrote already that either disable gets fixed or a new correctly working option gets added. bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg ************************************************* Mit unserem Consulting bieten wir Unternehmen maßgeschneiderte Angebote in Form von Beratung, Trainings sowie Workshops in den Bereichen Softwaretechnologie, IT Strategie und Architektur, Innovation und Umsetzung sowie Agile Organisation. Besuchen Sie uns auf https://www.tarent.de/consulting . Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Kontakt. *************************************************
