NAME¶
dh_installinit - install init scripts and/or upstart jobs into package build
directories
SYNOPSIS¶
dh_installinit [
debhelper options]
[
--name=name] [
-n] [
-R] [
-r] [
-d]
[
-- params]
DESCRIPTION¶
dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
init scripts with associated defaults files, as well as upstart job files into
package build directories.
It also automatically generates the
postinst and
postrm and
prerm commands needed to set up the symlinks in
/etc/rc*.d/ to
start and stop the init scripts.
FILES¶
- debian/package.init
- If this exists, it is installed into
etc/init.d/package in the package build directory.
- debian/package.default
- If this exists, it is installed into
etc/default/package in the package build directory.
- debian/package.upstart
- If this exists, it is installed into
etc/init/package.conf in the package build directory.
OPTIONS¶
- -n, --noscripts
- Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm
scripts.
- -o, --onlyscripts
- Only modify postinst/postrm/prerm
scripts, do not actually install any init script, default files, or
upstart job. May be useful if the init script or upstart job is shipped
and/or installed by upstream in a way that doesn't make it easy to let
dh_installinit find it.
- -R, --restart-after-upgrade
- Do not stop the init script until after the package upgrade
has been completed. This is different than the default behavior, which
stops the script in the prerm, and starts it again in the
postinst.
This can be useful for daemons that should not have a possibly long downtime
during upgrade. But you should make sure that the daemon will not get
confused by the package being upgraded while it's running before using
this option.
- -r, --no-restart-on-upgrade
- Do not stop init script on upgrade.
- --no-start
- Do not start the init script on install or upgrade, or stop
it on removal. Only call update-rc.d. Useful for rcS scripts.
- -d, --remove-d
- Remove trailing d from the name of the package, and
use the result for the filename the upstart job file is installed as in
etc/init/ , and for the filename the init script is installed as in
etc/init.d and the default file is installed as in etc/default/ .
This may be useful for daemons with names ending in d. (Note: this
takes precedence over the --init-script parameter described
below.)
- -uparams
--update-rcd-params=params
- -- params
- Pass params to update-rc.d(8). If not
specified, defaults will be passed to update-rc.d(8).
- --name=name
- Install the init script (and default file) as well as
upstart job file using the filename name instead of the default
filename, which is the package name. When this parameter is used,
dh_installinit looks for and installs files named
debian/package.name.init, debian/package.name.default and
debian/package.name.upstart instead of the usual
debian/package.init, debian/package.default and
debian/package.upstart.
- --init-script=scriptname
- Use scriptname as the filename the init script is
installed as in etc/init.d/ (and also use it as the filename for
the defaults file, if it is installed). If you use this parameter,
dh_installinit will look to see if a file in the debian/
directory exists that looks like package.scriptname and if so will
install it as the init script in preference to the files it normally
installs.
This parameter is deprecated, use the --name parameter instead. This
parameter is incompatible with the use of upstart jobs.
- --error-handler=function
- Call the named shell function if running the init
script fails. The function should be provided in the prerm and
postinst scripts, before the #DEBHELPER# token.
NOTES¶
Note that this command is not idempotent.
dh_prep(1) should be called
between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
SEE ALSO¶
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHORS¶
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>