Simon Kelley schrieb/wrote:
>
> The following code in /etc/init.d/dnsmasq is responsible for this
> behaviour.
>
> # /etc/dnsmasq.d/README is a non-conffile installed by the dnsmasq
> package.
> # Should the dnsmasq package be removed, the following test ensures that
> # the daemon is no longer started, even if the dnsmasq-base package is
> # still in place.
> test -e /etc/dnsmasq.d/README || exit 0
for the purpose you described this line can be dropped completely IMHO.
The following line in the init script already has:
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
so when the dnsmasq package is removed but not purged the init script already
exits zero.
kind regards,
Thilo
