Obviously, I forgot to mention in my previous email that that patch is applicable to Ubuntu and won't apply cleanly to Debian. Here is a correct one that applies to the current Debian unstable packages.
Apologies for the confusion, Cesare
diff -u ddclient-3.7.3/debian/rules ddclient-3.7.3/debian/rules --- ddclient-3.7.3/debian/rules +++ ddclient-3.7.3/debian/rules @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dh_installexamples dh_installman dh_installmenu - dh_installinit -u multiuser + dh_installinit -- start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 1 . dh_installchangelogs dh_link dh_strip diff -u ddclient-3.7.3/debian/ddclient.init ddclient-3.7.3/debian/ddclient.init --- ddclient-3.7.3/debian/ddclient.init +++ ddclient-3.7.3/debian/ddclient.init @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 -# Default-Stop: 0 1 6 +# Default-Stop: 1 # Short-Description: Update dynamic domain name service entries ### END INIT INFO

