Bug#386661: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#386661: sysv-rc: Quick way out: exim4 -> exim?

[Olaf van der Spek]

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Olaf van der Spek]
>> The quick way out fix doesn't appear to be safe. :(
> 
> Yes.  Terribly sorry I did not discover its problem with removed but
> not purged packages before uploading it.  This script is safer:
> 
> 
>     for p in `dpkg -S /etc/init.d/*|cut -d: -f1|sort -u`; do
>       if dpkg --get-selections $p | grep -qw install ; then
>         echo reinstalling $p
>         apt-get --reinstall install $p
>       fi
>     done

Isn't it possible to just run the postinst scripts of these packages again?

 > Bcc: Petter Reinholdtsen <petter.reinholdtsen at usit.uio.no>

Just wondering, isn't Bcc supposed to be invisible?