From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:33:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update update-rc.d examples. Mention that one may need to remove and
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Update update-rc.d examples. Mention that one may need to remove and

Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/09/11 04:54:00
Update update-rc.d examples. Mention that one may need to remove and
recreate the links if the program changes priority or run level
(emphasis on may), and refer people to documentation for update-rc.d,
allowing the author of update-rc.d discretion in changing the
behaviour.

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-144
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 556c813..ff60513 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4761,14 +4761,18 @@ test -f <var>program-executed-later-in-script</var> || exit 0
 	      To get the default behavior for your package, put in your
 	      <prgn>postinst</prgn> script
 	      <example compact="compact">
-		update-rc.d <var>package</var> defaults &gt;/dev/null
+		update-rc.d <var>package</var> defaults 
 	      </example>
 	      and in your <prgn>postrm</prgn>
 	      <example compact="compact">
 		if [ "$1" = purge ]; then
-		update-rc.d <var>package</var> remove &gt;/dev/null
+		update-rc.d <var>package</var> remove 
 		fi
-	      </example></p>
+	      </example>. Note that is your package changes runlevels
+		  or priority, you may have to remove and recreate the
+		  links, since otherwise the old links may
+		  persist. Refer to the documentation of
+		  <prgn>update-rc.d</prgn></p>
 
 	    <p>
 	      This will use a default sequence number of 20.  If it does