[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#584082: -f is actually enabled by default

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.88dsf-7
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man8/update-rc.d.8.gz

We read
       -f     Force removal of symlinks even if /etc/init.d/name still exists.

However we find that indeed you might as well change that to

       -f     [no-op, retained for backwards compatibility]

or
       -f     Force removal of symlinks even if /etc/init.d/name still
       exists [enabled by default]

Proof:

# sysv-rc-conf  --list cron
cron         0:off      1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
# update-rc.d cron remove
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
# sysv-rc-conf  --list cron #GONE:
cron
# update-rc.d cron defaults
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
update-rc.d: warning: cron stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (1)