[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#668312: Bug#668312: sysv-rc: hidden dotfile in /etc used as state file (/etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering)

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Roger Leigh]
> I don't see any other use of this file in any other packages such
> as file-rc, so the comment in the postrm is probably not needed.

Actually, I suspect that file and related code is some leftover code, as
I have vague memories of switching to using the existence of S* symlinks
in one of rc0.d or rc6.d to indicate that legacy boot ordering was in
effect.

But I might be wrong, as this happened a long time ago.
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen