DH_INSTALLINIT(T)           Debhelper           DH_INSTALLINIT(T)



NAME
       dh_installinit - install init scripts into package build
       directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_installinit [debhelper options] [--init-script=script-
       name] [-n] [-r] [-d] [-- params]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible
       for installing init scripts and associated defaults 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/ and to start and stop the init scripts.

       If a file named debian/package.init exists, then it is
       installed into etc/init.d/package in the package build
       directory, with "package" replaced by the package name.

       If a file named debian/package.default exists, then it is
       installed into etc/default/package in the package build
       directory, with "package" replaced by the package name.

       Historically this program generates postrm and prerm com-
       mands that run the init scripts by hand. In V4 mode, it
       uses the invoke-rc.d program instead.  See debhelper(r)
       for details about V4 mode. If you decide to use this, you
       should make your package depend on sysvinit (>= 2.80-1)
       (this dependency is added to ${misc:Depends} by this pro-
       gram in V4 mode).

OPTIONS
       -n, --noscripts
           Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.

       -r, --no-restart-on-upgrade
           Do not restart daemon on upgrade.

       -d, --remove-d
           Remove trailing "d" from the name of the package, and
           use the result 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(d). If not specified,
           "defaults" will be passed to update-rc.d(d).

       --init-script=scriptname
           Use "scriptname" as for 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).
           This is useful if you need to have an init script with
           a name different from the package's name. Note that 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 feature is really only useful
           if you need a single package to install more than one
           init script.

NOTES
       Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k"
       should be called between invocations of this command. Oth-
       erwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text
       to be added to maintainer scripts.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-01-27          DH_INSTALLINIT(T)