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, as well as upstart job files, and systemd service 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.

       debian/package.service
           If this exists, it is installed into lib/systemd/system/package.service in the package
           build directory.

       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.)

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, 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 --onlyscripts
                   dh_installinit --remaining

       -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>

       Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>