Comment 10 for bug 606509

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 606509] Re: Wine 1.2 Stable is released

Steve Langasek [2010-08-06 16:13 -0000]:
> I consider this an SRU reject matter. start *is not a policy compliant
> maintainer script interface*. Packages *must* use invoke-rc.d instead of
> calling start directly, regardless of whether they use upstart jobs, until a
> new policy can be determined.

I agree. Unfortunately invoke-rc.d is not patched to call "start" for
upstart scripts, i. e. it just prints a lecture and otherwise does not
do anything.

So, perhaps we should mirror what update-rc.d would do in maintainer
scripts?

Martin
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