On 10/23/18 4:27 AM, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bruce Ferrell writes:
>
>> [...]
>>
>> If I understand the original question "how to I get sysV init to not
>> start a process present in the init system", There is a command,
>> chkconfig:
> Make that: "there *was* a command, chkconfig:"
>
> It's no longer present in Debian stable (stretch) and later. You can
> still find it in oldstable (jessie) though. See
>
> https://packages.debian.org/search?arch=any&searchon=contents&keywords=chkconfig
>
> # Searching in unstable (sid) lists the command for a small subset of
> # architectures but a chkconfig package does not seem to exist ...
>
> Hope this helps,
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Well that kind of stinks! Maybe it can be added to the Devuan repo in support of sysV-ness?
Back in the mists, I somehow got the idea it was part of the posix specs to have that utility.
I must be getting old...er