Bug#601455: general: can't stop daemon using /etc/init.d/foo stop when, disabled via /etc/default/foo

2011-10-20 Thread peter green
Many packages seem to provide ENABLE/DISABLE variables in /etc/default/foo, providing a confusing red herring for this task --- a second method which does not work nearly as well, as you pointed out Though there are some situations where it is nessacery. Consider vtund for example which has

Bug#601455: general: can't stop daemon using /etc/init.d/foo stop when, disabled via /etc/default/foo

2011-10-20 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, peter green wrote: Though there are some situations where it is nessacery. Consider vtund for example which has seperate enable/disable flags for running in server and client modes (with the potential for multiple seperate client instances). Thanks for this clarification. Luckily vtun's

Bug#601455: general: can't stop daemon using /etc/init.d/foo stop when disabled via /etc/default/foo

2011-10-16 Thread Jonathan Nieder
tags 601455 - patch retitle 601455 multiple, annoyingly different ways to disable an init script quit Hi Mathias, Mathias Kub wrote: When I try to stop a daemon after I disabled it in /etc/default/foo, I get an error-message that I can not stop it, because it is disabled. Shouldn't I be

Bug#601455: general: can't stop daemon using /etc/init.d/foo stop when disabled via /etc/default/foo

2010-10-26 Thread Mathias Kub
Package: general Severity: minor Tags: patch When I try to stop a daemon after I disabled it in /etc/default/foo, I get an error-message that I can not stop it, because it is disabled. Shouldn't I be able to stop it even if I disabled it first? This happens if you disabled a daemon but didn't