[Craig flaming Doctor What deleted] > if someone doesn't want a service enabled then they should not install > the package that provides that service. if they want the service, then > install the appropriate package. simple. their choice to install or not > install. > > now what is so fucking difficult to understand about that?
The reasoning behind why anyone should share that opinion. I'm at a loss. Sure, you can --unpack a deb to get to the files without running the postinst or whatever starts these evil daemons, but why should --install be synonymous with "run"?