[Bug 801552] Re: package mdadm doesn't respect /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d on installation

[Mirko Dölle]

... sorry, "squashfs/" should have been replaced by "/some/dir"
everywhere.

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Title:
  package mdadm doesn't respect /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d on installation

Status in “mdadm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Package:
    mdadm 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu16
  Tested with:
    Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (all updates installed)

  Problem:
    mdadm daemon starts after package installation regardless of the return value from /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d

  How to reproduce (indention added): 
    mkdir /some/dir
    debootstrap --arch i386 maverick /some/dir
    mkdir -p /some/dir/dev /some/dir/proc /some/dir/sys
    mount --bind /dev squashfs/dev
    mount -t proc proc squashfs/proc
    mount -t sysfs sysfs squashfs/sys
    cat > squashfs/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d << EOF
    #!/bin/sh
    exit 101
    EOF
    chroot squashfs apt-get -y install mdadm

  Expected behaviour:
    With return value 101 of /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d, mdadm should not be started at all

  Why this is a problem:
    Prevents clean bootstraps of ubuntu including mdadm, extra care has to be taken that the daemon ceases bevor building the distro and leaves unwanted log entries that have to be cleaned afterwards.

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