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NAME

       dh_installinit - install service init files 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.  In compatibility levels up to and including 10, dh_installinit will also install some
       systemd related files provided by the debian packaging (see the "FILES" section below).  In compatibility
       levels up to and including 11, dh_installinit will also handle upstart jobs provided in the debian
       packaging (see the "FILES" for more information on this as well).

       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.

       In compat 10 or earlier: If a package only ships a systemd service file and no sysvinit script is
       provided, you may want to exclude the call to dh_installinit for that package (e.g. via -N).  Otherwise,
       you may get warnings from lintian about init.d scripts not being included in the package.

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
           In compatibility level 11, this file will trigger an error with a reminder about ensuring the proper
           removal of the upstart file in the previous package version.  Please consider using the "rm_conffile"
           feature from dh_installdeb(1) to ensure the proper removal of previous upstart files.

           In compatibility level 10, if this file exists, it is installed into etc/init/package.conf in the
           package build directory.

       debian/package.service
           If this exists, it is installed into lib/systemd/system/package.service in the package build
           directory. Only used in compat levels 10 and below.

       debian/package.tmpfile
           If this exists, it is installed into usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/package.conf in the package build directory.
           (The tmpfiles.d mechanism is currently only used by systemd.) Only used in compat levels 10 and
           below.

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-scripts
           Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.

       -o, --only-scripts
           Only modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts, do not actually install any init script, default files,
           upstart job or systemd service file. May be useful if the file is shipped and/or installed by
           upstream in a way that doesn't make it easy to let dh_installinit find it.

           Caveat: This will bypass all the regular checks and unconditionally modify the scripts.  You will
           almost certainly want to use this with -p to limit, which packages are affected by the call.
           Example:

            override_dh_installinit:
                   dh_installinit -pfoo --only-scripts
                   dh_installinit --remaining

       -R, --restart-after-upgrade
           Do not stop the init script until after the package upgrade has been completed.  This is the default
           behaviour in compat 10.

           In early compat levels, the default was to stop 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.

       --no-restart-after-upgrade
           Undo a previous --restart-after-upgrade (or the default of compat 10).  If no other options are
           given, this will cause the service to be stopped in the prerm script and started again in the
           postinst script.

       -r, --no-stop-on-upgrade, --no-restart-on-upgrade
           Do not stop init script on upgrade.  This has the side-effect of not restarting the service as a part
           of the upgrade.

           If you want to restart the service with minimal downtime, please use --restart-after-upgrade (default
           in compat 10 or later).  If you want the service to be restarted but be stopped during the upgrade,
           then please use --no-restart-after-upgrade (note the "after-upgrade").

           Note that the --no-restart-on-upgrade alias is deprecated and will be removed in compat 12.  This is
           to avoid confusion with the --no-restart-after-upgrade option.  The --no-stop-on-upgrade variant was
           introduced in debhelper 10.2 (included in Debian stretch).

       --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.

       --no-enable
           Disable the init script on purge, but do not enable them on install.  This implies a versioned
           dependency on init-system-helpers (>= 1.51) as it is the first (functional) version that supports
           update-rc.d <script> defaults-disabled.

           Note that this option does not affect whether the services are started.  Please remember to also use
           --no-start if the service should not be started.

           Cannot be combined with -uparams, --update-rcd-params=params, or -- params.

       -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 (or defaults-disabled with --no-enable)
           will be passed to update-rc.d(8).

           Cannot be combined with --no-enable.

       --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), dh_installsystemd(1)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHORS

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

       Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>

       Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>