Packaging for sysv (<=Wheezy) and systemd (>=Jessie)

[Tollef Fog Heen]

]] Thilo Fromm 

> Is there a standard/generic way to build a .deb package which includes
> both sysv-init and systemd configurations? I'd like to provide a package
> that works with both Debian <= 7 and Debian >=8.
> https://wiki.debian.org/systemd/Packaging doesn't discuss this.

Just ship both a .service file and a init script.  Make sure they have
the same name and the .service file will override the init script.

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