Call init-system-helpers for all packages shipping .service with an [Install] section

Michael Stapelberg stapelberg at debian.org
Wed May 21 08:22:32 BST 2014


Hi Laurent,

Laurent Bigonville <bigon at debian.org> writes:
> However, I think that all the packages that are shipping a .service
> file WITH an [Install] section must really call init-system-helpers
> even if the service is disabled or not automatically started at boot.
> If it's not the case and if the user has explicitly enabled the
> service, a dangling symlink might be left behind on purge.
Agreed.

> I guess the mini-policy should be updated and insist on this?
Not sure what you mean with mini-policy, but I think adding a lintian
check is a good first step, then checking the dashboard at
http://people.debian.org/~stapelberg/dashboard/ and sending patches to
the remaining packages is a good second step :).

-- 
Best regards,
Michael




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