X-Debbugs-No-Ack: please
Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.3.8-10
Severity: wishlist

I discovered installing fetchmail also starts it.
I have START_DAEMON=yes in /etc/default/fetchmail, so I can use
"/etc/init.d/fetchmail start" when I please.

* File /etc/default/fetchamil has been added to stablish if user wants to
start fetchmail on boot or not.

Just rely on the usual rcconf etc. start stop files. stablish->establish.

* On install time we try to determine from old version if start or not.

Perhaps detect if fetchmail is running and write a file in /tmp that
tells ourselves to start fetchmail again after installation.

Hi jidanni,
* jidanni@jidanni.org jidanni.org> [2007-11-06 21:31]:

[...]

I meant _upon apt-get upgrade_, currently you probably do:
1. stop any running daemons
2. install new version
3. restart according to your rules

instead you should
0. make a note in /tmp if a running daemon is detected
1. stop any running daemons
2. install new version
3. restart according to that note in /tmp

Hi,
* jidanni@jidanni.org jidanni.org> [2007-11-06 21:49]:

Then one need not say
START_DAEMON=yes
to be able to say
/etc/init.d/fetchmail start.

If one does not want
/etc/init.d/fetchmail start
to work, then one should just not invoke
/etc/init.d/fetchmail start.

BTW, I did
# mv /etc/default/fetchmail /tmp
and after that I couldn't even do
/etc/init.d/fetchmail stop
I had to first
# touch /etc/default/fetchmail