On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:59:17PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 02:50:14AM -0400, Steven Barker wrote:
> > I think that there should be a way to install a debian server packages > > without having the installation scripts start the server. This need not be > > default, but it should be possible. > But that doesn't change the default. If you do something like this, > you should add an option "apt-get --run install foo" Yes, that would make sense. Both --run and --no-run could be avalable as options with the default behavior determined by apt/dpkg configuration. As for what the default for apt/dpkg's config, that's for us to flame each other over... ;-) > Personally, I think there should either be a /etc/do-not-start/<package> dir > that > packages' init scripts check for non-existance before starting, or a > commented entry in the config file that the init script checks for > non-existance before starting... Well, now we're getting into heavy policy stuff.... I think it would be hard enough to get all the daemon postinst scripts to work in run and no-run mode. -- Steven Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's so much to say but your eyes keep interrupting me. PGP Key Fingerprint: 1A33 9F2E 368D 24B1 81D4 60BF E928 9E28 958F 2058
