Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted

2020-11-30 Thread Oxan van Leeuwen
Source: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: normal Currently Policy requires that init.d scripts, and only init.d scripts, don't fail if the corresponding /etc/default is removed (section 9.3.2, second-to-last paragraph). Personally I interpret "not fail" as "succeed to function", i.e. it

Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted

2020-11-30 Thread Ansgar
Oxan van Leeuwen writes: > Currently Policy requires that init.d scripts, and only init.d scripts, don't > fail if the corresponding /etc/default is removed (section 9.3.2, > second-to-last > paragraph). [...] > The other option is that "not fail" means that the init script is allowed to > not >

Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted

2020-11-30 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 02:37:08PM +0100, Oxan van Leeuwen wrote: > Source: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: normal > > Currently Policy requires that init.d scripts, and only init.d scripts, don't > fail if the corresponding /etc/default is removed (section 9.3.2, > second-to-last

Bug#976149: debian-policy: [9.3.2] drop requirement to not fail if /etc/default file is deleted

2020-11-30 Thread Oxan van Leeuwen
On 30-11-2020 19:28, Ansgar wrote:> I think we should keep the requirement. Legacy init.d scripts are still handled as conffiles and kept around even if the package is removed (unlike systemd unit files). Thus init scripts are still run[1] and should behave sensibly. For removed-but-not-purged