severity 471060 critical quit (dunno why i never got notified about this change to the bug report, but i only just noticed it now).
1. 'dh_installinit -n' does NOT fix the problem. it's not even related to the problem. dh_installinit should default to restarting daemons in the postinst (rather than stopping in prerm and starting in postinst) because a late restart minimises service downtime and also minimises any potential loss of data. dh_installinit's current behaviour maximises downtime and maximises any data loss - i.e. it guarantees the worst outcome. since dh_installinit is used by numerous other debian packages, this bug ensures that numerous debian daemon packages have the worst possible outcome during upgrade...fortunately if dh_installinit is fixed, then all the packages that use it will be automatically fixed on their next release. 2. dh_installinit's default behaviour is a critical bug because it results in the loss of irreplacable data - one of the key criteria for a bug being considered "critical". 3. in any case, reducing the severity of this bug to "wishlist" is absurd. it's a serious BUG, not just a wishlist item. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
