If this issue remains relevant for 8.10 and newer, it's certainly still present in the postinst:
... update-rc.d avahi-daemon start 14 2 3 4 5 . stop 86 0 1 6 . >/dev/null ...
If this issue remains relevant for 8.10 and newer, it's certainly still present in the postinst:
...
update-rc.d avahi-daemon start 14 2 3 4 5 . stop 86 0 1 6 . >/dev/null
...