Thomas -Balu- Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 08:43:40AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >> >> Let it fail to start; simply don't allow this to break the postinst. > > Okay, after fiddling around a little and not being sure what solution > I'd prefer I go for Matt's. > > To do so I need the initscript to make a difference if the package is > called from postinst (don't exist with error status code) or not (exit > with error status code to allow an admin to script something e.g.).
Why this? Why not just invoke-rc.d $INITSCRIPT start || true Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
