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* Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> [200422 19:43]: > Am 23.04.20 um 00:43 schrieb Thomas Goirand: > > On 4/22/20 4:11 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: > > >> And a native interface for a sysadmin overriding that (masking). > > > > Unless I'm mistaking, that's not useful if you want to disable starting > > the daemon before installing it (ie: before the .service exists in the > > system). > > Your assumption is wrong. You can mask a service before installing a package > - systemctl mask foo.service (will issue a warning that foo.service > doesn't exist but will proceed) > - apt install foo (shipping a foo.service) > → foo.service will not be started With the limitation that you need to know, before installing the package, the names of all the services it contains. ...Marvin
