On Lu, 30 iul 12, 11:12:43, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2012-07-29 21:43:57 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > An ENABLE switch does more than just disabling the run-at-boot state of > > an initscript. While I can buy the argument that some packages should > > not start *at boot* by default, > > The problem is not just at boot, but also when pacakges are installed > (first install or upgrade). > > > I do believe that whenever an initscript is called with the argument > > "start", it should bloody well start, and not exit after doing > > nothing because I haven't edited some scarcely related file > > somewhere. > > As long as scripts are allowed to execute init scripts directly with > "start" or "restart" (see rsync postinst script, for instance), this > must not be the case. Otherwise there would be no means to disable a > daemon (uninstalling the package would not be a satisfactory solution > because the client may still be useful, such as with rsync).
I'd say there is a need for: 1. a system-wide setting to start daemons or not on boot/upgrades/etc. 2. a blacklist - daemons listed here should not start no matter what 3. a whitelist - daemons listed here should start no matter what This should satisfy all camps ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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