On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:39:41PM +0200, David Madore wrote: > Package: isc-dhcp-server > Version: 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5 > Severity: minor > > Most Debian packages containing a daemon provide a way to not start > the daemon (for those people who want the daemon binary to be > available for whatever reason, and yet not run it, or at least not run > it with the default init script), typically with a START_DAEMON > variable in /etc/default/$name - not so with isc-dhcp-server. > > There are, of course, various ways to avoid starting the server, but > they are generally unsatisfactory: e.g., I tried removing the > /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server script altogether, but it is recreated at > every package upgrade (this broke my network config, incidentally); I > could remove the /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server script, but it would > likewise be recreated; replacing it by a symlink to /bin/true might > run afoul of dependency-based boot; replacing it by a trivial script > would make it rather painful to restore if needed; etc. The best I > found was adding "exit 0" inside /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server but > that's a hack. > > So, please provide a clean way to avoid starting the server. Thanks!
Did you consider putting "exit 0" in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org