Devuan bug report logs - #881
invoke-rc.d: Policy layer may override runlevel constraint

Package: init-system-helpers; Maintainer for init-system-helpers is Devuan Dev Team <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>; Source for init-system-helpers is src:init-system-helpers.

Reported by: Opty <opty77@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 12:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: debian, moreinfo

Merged with 882, 883, 884

Found in version init-system-helpers/1.65.2devuan1

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On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 11:27:15PM +0200, Opty wrote:
> You may want to upgrade ASAP but restart when convenient (e.g. during
> low traffic at night) but maybe also a habit from Slackware in my
> case.

That isn't conventional Debian practice.

> > To start or not on install is specified in the package by the maintainer.
> 
> On our VPS I haven't found any which doesn't start service on package install.

It certainly isn't common. But, for example, look at src:netperf: d/rules has

override_dh_installinit:
	dh_installinit --no-enable --no-start

and the daemon is not started on install.

Mark

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Devuan bug report logs - #881 invoke-rc.d: Policy layer may override runlevel constraint

Devuan bug report logs - #881
invoke-rc.d: Policy layer may override runlevel constraint