Nick via Dng <dng@???> writes:
> On 08-07-2025 17:30, Rainer Weikusat via Dng wrote:
>> Adrian Zaugg <devuan.org@???> writes:
>>> In der Nachricht vom Monday, 30 June 2025 13:30:21 CEST schrieb Rainer
>>> Weikusat via Dng:
>>>> The simple, traditional way would be to rename the start script, eg
>>>> (example for bind):
>>> Don't rename/delete files belonging to a package, unless you're out for
>>> trouble. Do it the proper Debian way instead: This is update-rc.d as mentioned
>>> before by.
>> init.d scripts are config file and as such, supposed to be under user
>> control. This includes that a user may remove them.
>> _______________________________________________
> Sure but without update-rc.d you create tangling files by only
> removing the script under init.d and not the runlevel ones.

That's intentional: As symlink-arrangement remains exactly as the
package created it, the change easily be reverted by restoring the
init.d script to its original name without even knowing what this
symlink-arrangment was.