i've just found the exact same bug in rsyslog. it also stops at the
beginning of the upgrade (in the .prerm script), and only starts again
in the .postinst script.
in both packages, it's due to either the use of dh_installinit or the
misuse of it - not supplying the right args (e.g. '-n' to not modify the
pre/post* scripts, or perhaps --no-start)
in both cases, it results in critical disruption of system and network
services: both named and rsyslog (and presumably several other packages
which use dh_installinit in the same way) are shut down for the entire
duration of the upgrade.
this is broken behaviour for both daemons, indeed for ANY daemon.
downtime is something to be avoided, to be minimised as much as
possible.
see bug 471051 about rsyslog for more info.
craig
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