[gitlab at salsa.debian.org: Re: debhelper | dh_installinit: Remove the executable bits on package removal / dh_installsystemd: No longer mask system units on package removal (!90)]

[Adam Borowski]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 09:55:05PM +0200, Lorenzo wrote:
> > It appears Michael is suggesting updating dh_installinit to remove
> > the x bit from an initscript when a package is removed.
> 
> I see this change is an improvement and I think it will help support
> init-diversity although the benefit goes mostly to users of other init
> systems (systemd, runit, openrc). 
> Besides the "shadowing" reason mentioned in the MR, it makes also
> possible to do accurate heuristics based on sysvinit scritps to
> detect which service is installed and which one is not.

+1 from me.

Removal of the boilerplate check whether the daemon is installed sounds
nice.


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