The "expected to uninstall" comes from Debian Policy, btw. It probably shouldn't be a surprise that Debian still to this day doesn't provide a canon way to disable init scripts from running on boot aside from uninstalling the package.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:49 PM, paul fox <pgf-launch...@foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote: > fair enough. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Upstart > Developers, which is subscribed to upstart . > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 > > Title: > init: add non-destructive means to disable a job > > Status in Upstart: > Triaged > Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > I need the ability to disable an event.d entry without removing the entry > completely. this is the equivalent of commenting a line in /etc/inittab. > this might be to temporarily disable a serial line getty, or whatever. > > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs