Package: debhelper Greetings,
It would be much cleaner to disable init scripts when the package is uninstalled, so that a bunch of shell scripts that just run "[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 0" are not slowing down the boot.
Additionally, this causes problems for Upstart, as the "starting" event is emitted before the job can tell if its daemon is installed or not. It also poses a problem for socket activation with Upstart, as the upstart-socket-bridge will create the socket for the job even if the daemon is not installed.
I think it would just be overall cleaner to disable the init configuration on removal of the package with a "update-rc.d disable $daemon".
Thank you, -- Cameron Norman
