Am 15.02.2014 20:25, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Package: dh-systemd > Version: 1.15 > Severity: normal > > (This issue was reported on IRC by uau) > > We generate mainterscripts code to mask services when a package is removed > (and unmask them again on re-install). > > The reasoning for this behaviour is, that on remove the native service > files are removed but the SysV init scripts (which typically are > conffiles) aren't. Conffiles are only removed on purge. > While typically SysV init scripts become no-ops if their corresponding > binary has been removed, having the services show up in systemctl > status, is confusing. > > When masking a service which should take into account, that the > administrator has made local modification by copying the file to > /etc/systemd/system. > > In this case we shouldn't try to overwrite this file with a /dev/null > symlink. > On re-install, we also need to make sure when running the unmask, to > take into account that /etc/systemd/system/<unit> is a file (custom > modification) and not remove it in that case.
I think we should be able to handle this within deb-systemd-helper without having to generate (new) maintainer scripts code. Michael, if you agree, let's re-assign the bug to i-s-h. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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