equivalent of chkconfig

[Martin Pitt]

Tom H [2015-08-18  4:49 -0400]:
> > update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d are tools for package maintainers only (to
> > be used from pre/postinst scripts) and only applies to sysv-init
> > scripts ...
> 
> Yes and no. They are meant for maintainer scripts but update-rc.d is
> needed by admins for enabling/disabling daemons because there isn't
> another tool available in Debian and Ubuntu.

Right, and it's the very tool to do just that. What gives the
impression that it is a maintainer scipt-only tool?

> There was a Debian bug for service, the admin equivalent of
> invoke-rc.d, to be enhanced to forward "service daemon enable|disable"
> to update-rc.d in order to provide an admin interface but the Debian
> systemd and upstart maintainers requested that this work with their
> respective toys and the bug went nowhere.

That would make things even more confusing IMHO. "service" is for
runtime starting/stopping, "update-rc.d" for configuring which
services start at boot. It has worked like that forever in
Debian/Ubuntu, with any init system.

Martin
-- 
Martin Pitt                        | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com)  | Debian Developer  (www.debian.org)