[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#383425: Bug#383425: lighttpd: Distinguish installation from activation

[Stefan Monnier]

>   Debian is intended to work "simply" for the most used scenario, and to
> need a 10 liner configuration for the less common ones.  It's more common
> that people want their sole httpd to be started on install than users
> having lots of chroots.

Sure.  As I said: "The default might be to activate at install time, but
there should then be an option to prevent the activation step".

>   The latter people are supposed to know how to disable the "launch
> everything on install" thing using the debian's sysv-rc documentation:
>   /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.policy-rc.d.gz
>   /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.invoke-rc.d.gz

How would we know?  To me the issue is one of package management, not
one of rc.d configuration.  So please make this information more visible
when looking for it from the dpkg-side.  Some kind of xref in `dpkg'
manual would help.

>   So yes, lighttpd will continue to work this way for now. As any server
> does in Debian (try to install two DNS servers e.g., you'll see if that
> works fine!).

I think we all agree it's an acceptable default.


        Stefan