Hello, On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:04:31PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > I am redirecting to debian-mentors, imho the more appropriate list. >
Thanks, i will continue go and look for it. > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:27:03PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > > In one of the package i maitain i have a config script which begin by > > asking if the service attached to this package need to be run. I use a > > variable ( stored in /etc/default/mldonkey -- LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP="yes" ) > > to determine if i need to run the service or not. > > > If the variable is set to yes, the init script launch the service, > > otherwise it does nothing. > > I think that is the best solution currently possible. > > > The user ask me if i can use update-rc.d to create/remove symlink > > depending on the former LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP value. > > IMHO it is dubious whether you are allowed to do that, it would work > *basically*[1] like this in postinst: > ------------------ > db_get mldonkey/runservice > runme="$RET" > if [ "$RET" = "true" ] > update-rc.d -f remove mldonkey > update-rc.d mldonkey defaults > else > update-rc.d -f remove mldonkey > update-rc.d mldonkey stop 20 > fi > ... > invoke-rc.d mldonkey start > ------------------ > And invoke-rc.d will only start the service if it has a start-entry in > the sysvinit system for the current runlevel. > > The big problem is that you loose user configuration, i.e. if $user > has set up his system to run mldonkey only in runlevel5 you will nuke > it. > I totally agree on that... I think update-rc.d is admin stuff. ( i just want to use it for registering / unregistering init script ). > And there is no way around it, as it is impossible to query what links > currently exist. (You cannot do ls in the symlink-directories, see > file-rc), you may only interface with the init-stuff with invoke- and > update-rc.d. > > > What is the standard solution for doing this in debian? > > Afaict the standard solutions are: > - ship daemon and clients in separate packages (ftp, ssh, nfs, ...) to > circumvent the problem (no option for mldonkey afaict) > - Choose a default and let the user change it by hand instead of via > dpkg-reconfigure. > That is what is actually done ( mldonkey-server / mldonkey-client and LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP configure via dpkg-reconfigure ). Thanks for your repsonse Kind regard Sylvain LE GALL
