Package Installation behavior

[Sam Morris]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:32:16 -0400, Bruno Clermont wrote:
> I'm building debian packages that run on Ubuntu and I need to test them.
> One great thing for that is debootstrap and then I install my packages
> into the freshly created virgin Ubuntu system.
> 
> But one thing that bother me is that by default, when apt-get install a
> package that provide a service running constantly, such as apache2, the
> process is started RIGHT AFTER the package is installed.
> 
> Is there a way to prevent a service to start (or restart) when a package
> is installed (or upgraded). Like debootstrap is doing.
> 
> The main goal is to be able to debootstrap Ubuntu, then chroot into it
> and install package and be sure it won't mess the host.

I think the proper way to do this is to create a policy-rc.d script. See 
the man page for invoke-rc.d and /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.policy-
rc.d.gz for more information.

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