Bug796588#: adjtimex: Has init script in runlevel S but no matching service file

[Michael Biebl]

Am 14.12.2015 um 15:20 schrieb Roger Shimizu:
> Dear systemd maintainers,
> 
> Thanks for helping for the adjtimex systemd service file last time.
> I write again because I find an issue related to the service file.
> 
> When installing, adjtimex's postinst script will ask user whether to
> start the service by debconf, for the service file currently (enclosed
> here), it doesn't respect the debconf if user choose "No".
> 
> I find a temporary solution to patch postinst to run "systemctl
> disable adjtimex.service" if user choose not to start the service when
> in "configure" mode.
> I call it "temporary" because it will miss some rare case such as:
> - installing adjtimex when in sysvinit and choose not to start the
> service, then installing systemd to replace sysvinit, it but this
> won't trigger adjtimex's postinst script to disable adjtimex's
> service.
> 
> I'm wondering whether do you already have a patch to get debconf's
> result in service file. I think it's the better solution than the
> temporary one above.
> Thanks and look forward to your reply!

My answer is: don't do that. Prompting the user via debconf whether to
start a service is an anti-feature.


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