Bug#989284: insserv: toggles rc0.d/{K02avahi-daemon => K01avahi-daemon} with every upgrade

[Mark Hindley]

Jesse,


On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 12:52:37PM -0300, Jesse Smith wrote:
> It's certainly possible insserv is renaming the shortcuts for
> avahi-daemon from K02 to K01. Though this raises a few questions, I believe:
> 
> 1. Why do you think avahi-daemon should be prefixed with K02 instead of
> K01? (Or does it switch back and force every time insserv is run?) On my
> system it is set as K01 and this looks to be correct.

I think Thorsten's point is that it is switched back and forth each time and
that change (presumably stat mtime or similar) is detected by etckeeper and
forces a commit.

> 2. Is there a service on the system that is getting
> added/removed/changed during the apt upgrade process that is affecting
> the order in which avahi-daemin is getting shutdown?
> 
> I'm suggesting it's likely insserv is making the change, I'm just not
> sure if it's a bug without knowing what else is changing on the system.

Thorsten's original report[1] suggests it happens on every upgrade.

Thanks for your help/

Mark

[1]  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989284#5