Here is Kel's patch updated against current sources.
diff --git i/debian/src/sysv-rc/man8/update-rc.d.8 w/debian/src/sysv-rc/man8/update-rc.d.8
index 2562a53..b750ddb 100644
--- i/debian/src/sysv-rc/man8/update-rc.d.8
+++ w/debian/src/sysv-rc/man8/update-rc.d.8
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
update\-rc.d \- install and remove System\-V style init script links
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B update\-rc.d
+.RI [ "\-d dir" ]
.RI [ \-n ]
.RI [ \-f ]
.IB name " remove"
.HP
.B update\-rc.d
+.RI [ "\-d dir" ]
.RI [ \-n ]
.IB name " defaults"
.RI [ NN " | " SS " " KK ]
.HP
.B update\-rc.d
+.RI [ "\-d dir" ]
.RI [ \-n ]
.I name
.BR start | stop
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ update\-rc.d \- install and remove System\-V style init script links
.BR . " ..."
.HP
.B update\-rc.d
+.RI [ "\-d dir" ]
.RI [ \-n ]
.IB name " disable|enable "
.RI [ " S|2|3|4|5 " ]
@@ -239,6 +243,11 @@ keywords, the script will attempt to modify links in all start runlevels.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
+.I -d dir
+Path to alternative root directory (instead of /). Actions are
+performed on init scripts and runlevel directories relative to this
+directory.
+.TP
.I \-n
Don't do anything, just show what we would do.
.TP
diff --git i/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d w/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d
index 96bb41f..4723852 100755
--- i/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d
+++ w/debian/src/sysv-rc/sbin/update-rc.d
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
use strict;
use warnings;
-my $initd = "/etc/init.d";
-my $etcd = "/etc/rc";
+my $dir = "/";
+my $initd = "etc/init.d";
+my $etcd = "etc/rc";
my $notreally = 0;
# Save last action to this directory
@@ -18,10 +19,11 @@ my $archive = "/var/lib/update-rc.d";
sub usage {
print STDERR "update-rc.d: error: @_\n" if ($#_ >= 0);
print STDERR <<EOF;
-usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
- update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | SS KK]
- update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
- update-rc.d [-n] <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5]
+usage: update-rc.d [-d <dir>] [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
+ update-rc.d [-d <dir>] [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | SS KK]
+ update-rc.d [-d <dir>] [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
+ update-rc.d [-d <dir>] [-n] <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5]
+ -d: alternative root directory
-n: not really
-f: force
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ my @orig_argv = @ARGV;
while($#ARGV >= 0 && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) =~ /^-/) {
shift @ARGV;
+ if (/^-d$/) { $dir = shift @ARGV; next }
if (/^-n$/) { $notreally++; next }
if (/^-f$/) { $force++; next }
if (/^-h|--help$/) { &usage; }
@@ -70,6 +73,16 @@ sub remove_last_action {
# Action.
&usage() if ($#ARGV < 1);
+
+if (-d $dir) {
+ $dir =~ s/\/$//;
+ $initd = "$dir/$initd";
+ $etcd = "$dir/$etcd";
+} else {
+ print STDERR "update-rc.d: directory does not exist '$dir'\n";
+ exit (1)
+}
+
my $bn = shift @ARGV;
unless ($bn =~ m/[a-zA-Z0-9+.-]+/) {
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