-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> "The package maintainer scripts must use invoke-rc.d to invoke the >>> /etc/init.d/* initscripts, instead of calling them directly." >>> >>> Then, but, it say: >>> >>> "Most packages will simply need to change: >>> /etc/init.d/<package> >>> <action> >>> >>> in their postinst and prerm scripts to: >>> >>> if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then >>> invoke-rc.d package <action> >>> else >>> /etc/init.d/package <action> >>> fi >>> " >>> ... which is fallback to using /etc/init.d directly if 'invoke-rc.d' is >>> missing. But, how it can be? The package 'sysv-rc' that contains >>> 'invoke-rc.d' has 'required' priority. >> Required priority doesn't mean that you can assume the package is always >> there. You still have to declare explicit dependencies or fall back if >> it's not unless the package is marked essential, which sysv-rc is not. > > Ok, thanks for explanation. Sorry, disregard last line, please, I've read you discussion with Steve Langasek now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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