In the Debian postinst there is a case clause at the end whose purpose is to enable updates. In Debian this is done by means of a trigger.
----------------resolvconf 1.77 ---------------- [...] case "$1" in reconfigure) resolvconf --enable-updates ;; configure) if [ "$DEBCONF_RECONFIGURE" = 1 ] ; then resolvconf --enable-updates else # Trigger self to enable updates later dpkg-trigger --no-await resolvconf-enable-updates || resolvconf --enable-updates fi ;; triggered) # Runs after this and other packages have been configured for trggr in $2 ; do case "$trggr" in resolvconf-enable-updates) resolvconf --enable-updates break ;; esac done ;; [...] -------------------------------- The Ubuntu postinst omits that whole clause. In the Upstart era updates were enabled by means of an "invoke-rc.d resolvconf start" at the end of the file, inserted by dh_installinit called without "--no-start". --------------- resolvconf 1.69ubuntu1 ----------------- [...] # Automatically added by dh_installinit if [ -x "/etc/init.d/resolvconf" ]; then if [ ! -e "/etc/init/resolvconf.conf" ]; then update-rc.d resolvconf defaults >/dev/null fi invoke-rc.d resolvconf start || exit $? fi # End automatically added section # Automatically added by dh_installinit update-rc.d -f resolvconf remove >/dev/null || exit $? # End automatically added section exit 0 -------------------------------- I would suggest that Ubuntu resolvconf's postinst simply add a clause at the end, like the one in Debian, which runs "resolvconf --enable- updates" on configure. This will minimize the diff with the Debian postinst. For background on the sorts of problems that can arise when changes are made to the postinst that haven't been fully thought through, see bug #1085862. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453185 Title: resolvconf: updates are not enabled right after installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1453185/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs