Hello, On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:17:03PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > > In one of the package i maitain i have a config script which begin by > > asking if the service attached to this package need to be run. I use a > > variable ( stored in /etc/default/mldonkey -- LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP="yes" ) > > to determine if i need to run the service or not. > > > > If the variable is set to yes, the init script launch the service, > > otherwise it does nothing. > > > > The user ask me if i can use update-rc.d to create/remove symlink > > depending on the former LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP value. > > > > What is the standard solution for doing this in debian ? > > 1. leave update-rc.d alone. Register the init script and be done with it. > 2. setup the init script to source /etc/default/mldonkey, and block the > start (return ok status BTW) if LAUNCH_AT_STARTUP is not true. > > This is not the best solution, but it is the current best-practice.
OK, i take this in note. ( it is the current scheme ). Thanks Kind regard Sylvain LE GALL
