On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, 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.
Why should anyone want to install a server without letting it run? The standard-config is normally sane, and when you do not think so, place another config-file there before installing it. ( If you are that paranoic you should not only do ar -x xxx.deb ; tar -xzf data.tgz etc/configfile , but also check the whole package before installing it). > would download, install and configure apache, but not run it. When the > sysadmin was satisfied with the configureation files, etc, then update-rc.d > and such could be run by hand (or by another call to apt-get/dpkg with > another flag). Not adding rc.d-Links is really ridicilous. If you have an computer, that justs boots after installing without the chance to change links, than you should plug-out the network-cable so or so. > This would have to be both a policy change and a technical change in apt > and/or dpkg. I think it would be a good compromise between security and the > simplicity of apt-get install foo. I do not see a nesecarity for it. Though if you want to supply patches to carry an --no-run in dpkg to some environment-variable to the script and and patch to dh_xxx to check this, go ahead, but there are important and senseful thing to do. Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link
