* Stefan Fritsch [2017-03-13 22:14:23 +0100]: > On Monday, 13 March 2017 08:07:01 CET Sergio Gelato wrote: > > The postrotate script in /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 invokes > > /etc/init.d/apache2 directly; according to section 9.3.3 of the Debian > > policy it should be using invoke-rc.d instead. > > That section only talks about the package scripts (postinst, etc.). I don't > think it is applicable for logrotate scripts. > > The reason I didn't use invoke-rc.d is that it obeys runlevel constraints, > which is not wanted in the logrotate script. But it seems invoke-rc.d has > this > limitation only for "start", not for "status" and "reload". So switching to > invoke-rc.d should be fine.
What about the policy-rc.d mechanism? Is it wanted or unwanted in this case? An alternative, if invoke-rc.d really is unsuitable, would be to use service.
