[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#516870: Bug#516870: acpid: powerbtn.sh rename

[Michal Suchanek]

2009/2/26 Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org>:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:28:57PM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>> But moving the script means that the acpid-support script kicks in and
>> shuts down the computer, right?
>
> Depends on what the acpi-support script does. Please keep in mind that the

It checks if the acpid script still exists, and if not it shuts down
the computer.

> script got moved not deleted. So as you might guess, it is still there.

Yes, but not useful. The system is suspended and shut down afterwards
(on resume).

>
>> This is what the OP (and me) would like to prevent in the first place.
>
> Ehem, why do you install the package then?

I have installed the package and modified the script to make my
computer suspend to disk instead.

>
>> Is this constant renaming/changing of the events a ploy intended to for
>> ce somebody make a new acpid? ;-)
>
> Is this question written to piss someone off? :-)
>
> Please check the history of the package, there were a lot of problems with
> these scripts. If the ones in acpi-support* do not work correctly please report
> that as a bug ut blaming the daemon does not seem to help. The post-Lenny
> removal of the acpid scripts has been decided some time ago. Actually there
> some tries before Lenny that just proved to not be smooth enough this short
> before a release. That's why we do it now.

And it has caused me so many problems so far that I am seriously
considering the option of rolling my own. I do not need anything
fancy, and the package is apparently trying to do more than I want
which is detrimental to the basic functionality.

Thanks

Michal