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  1. Bug #1964285
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 1964285

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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote (last edit ):

Thanks Yuhua, so the file is there - but NOT owned by a package.
Which triggers the obvious question where did it come from?

Thanks for sharing the exact link you use to get your image - that will avoid misunderstandings.

I unpacked the ISO and on there is no mentioning of policy-rc.d.
  $ grep -Hrn policy-rc.d /mnt/iso/*
Of course it could be in a a packaged file, but then `dpkg -S` would have shown us and your example says it is not from a package.

I installed the same ISO you used in VMWare player 16.2.3 using EasyInstall and clicking myself through the installer keeping all defaults. If anything then I might assume that EasyInstall didn't work as it asked me the same again.
The install worked fine and afterwards on the system was no trace of /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d.

So the question remains where does it come from in your case ... ??!?
Does your install on ESXi use any different customization feature that might add this?
In general is any customization / automation applied on install?