Seems like START_DAEMON="no" is also skipped for me. $ ps -ef | grep minidl minidlna 923 1 0 Apr22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/minidlnad -f /etc/minidlna.conf -P /run/minidlna/minidlna.pid -r
with $ apt-cache policy minidlna minidlna: Installed: 1.2.1+dfsg-1+b1 Candidate: 1.2.1+dfsg-1+b1 Version table: *** 1.2.1+dfsg-1+b1 500 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status