On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:06:14AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Marc Singer wrote: > > There is the related trouble that the only way to disable most > > packages is to uninstall them. Sometimes, it is desirable to > > temporarily disable a service without removing the binaries or > > changing the executability of the init.d script. > > Take a look at invoke-rc.d and its policy program.
OK. I can tell that this feature is available, though obscured by the lack of a man page for policy-rc.d or even a reference to a package that implements it. I *did* find a document through google, however. Reading it doesn't make it much clearer. My search through a Contents file doesn't show an implementor for policy-rc.d. Is there one or is it adhoc? -- Luckily, I am familiar with rule 3: 3. any action for a non-executable initscript is denied.
