Package: debhelper
Version: 13.7.1
Control: affects -1 slapd
Hi Niels, hi Dave (in X-D-CC),
In #994204, Dave wrote:
I think it may be preferable to instead move the stop behaviour to the
"preinst" script of the *new* version of the package so that both stop
and start behaviours are encapsulated in a *single* version of the
package (and hence can be freely moved between). This also means that
"postinst" script's prior behaviour can be restored.
There's one issue with this: dpkg-reconfigure. It runs these scripts:
1. prerm upgrade
2. config reconfigure
3. postinst configure
The autoscripts now stop the service in "prerm remove" and "preinst
upgrade". Unfortunately this means dpkg-reconfigure no longer
restarts the service and the config changes are not applied.
I don't know what to suggest. I like Dave's solution for upgrades. Maybe
dpkg-reconfigure should also run "preinst upgrade"? but I'm reluctant to
suggest any change there, since its current behaviour has been stable
for almost 20 years...
thanks,
Ryan
