On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 22:12:08 +0100 Alan Jenkins <alan.christopher.jenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/08/17 20:52, Michael Biebl wrote: > > On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:48:59 +0100 Alan Jenkins > >> There were two reasons `mask` was used here. > >> > >> 1. #722521. Removing a package naturally deletes most of its files, > >> including > >> deleting the systemd service unit. However the system V init script is > >> preserved, because it might include user changes. This can work OK > >> under > >> system V init, but systemd also picks up the initscript, and will show > >> it > >> as a started service in messages, logs, `systemctl list-units` etc. > >> > >> #722521 seems perfectly possible to resolve, without resorting to masking. > > How? > > > > You snipped my point 2, which also referred to #722521. Sadly this was > a typo. Point _2_ is the easy one to resolve. Point 1 should have > referred to #714903; I think it is the more fundamental issue.
Can you please explain how #714903 can be fixed differently so masking is not needed? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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