On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:02:53AM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > There is another common case I'd not mentioned. Since I do a lot > of development work, I tend to have a *lot* of servers installed > on my laptop, ready to run, but only when I need them. I do this > entirely manually at present. I'd like to have the option of installing > a package and marking it to not be started or run at boot time. > Just because I want it available does not at all mean I want it > running all the time.
My business is just like yours. Since I've always managed the /etc/rc?.d directories by hand the [trivial] solutuin for me is to remove the symlinks the install scripts create. You can also use update-rc or whatever Debian calls it. bit, adam -- 1024D/37B8D989 954B 998A E5F5 BA2A 3622 82DD 54C2 843D 37B8 D989 finger://[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Some days, my soul's confined http://www.keyserver.net | And out of mind Sleep forever -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
