Comment 162 for bug 25931

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 25931] Re: Failed to initalize HAL.

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Rheinbay [2008-04-28 17:48 -0000]:
> Looking at hal's postinst script, I'm wondering why we don't invoke
> update-rc.d regardless of the hal version? Just to be on the safe
> side...

Because forcibly removing and reinstalling the symlinks is already a
gross violation of Policy. We just clobber an administrator's
configuration without asking. So it should always be a last resort,
and not be done with every upgrade.

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