packing with upstart job under ubuntu

Clint Byrum clint at ubuntu.com
Fri Jan 14 23:37:30 UTC 2011


On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 01:15 +0200, pablo platt wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to understand how to include an upstart job when packaging
> a .deb for ubuntu.
> Ubuntu wiki mentions dh_installupstart but I couldn't find it:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/KarmicUpstartPackagingPolicy
> 
> dh_make creates the init.d.ex example file but there is no upstart.ex
> file.
> Am I suppose to just drop the file and use the install file to tell
> the package where to put it?
> 

You'll want to use dh_installinit actually.

man dh_installinit should answer most of your questions, but at the most
basic single binary package example, ship your job file in

debian/upstart






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