-n, --no-scripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.
-o, --only-scripts
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 --only-scripts
dh_installinit --remaining
-R, --restart-after-upgrade
Do not stop the init script until after the package upgrade
has been completed. This is the default behaviour in compat
10.
In early compat levels, the default was to stop 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.
--no-restart-after-upgrade
Undo a previous --restart-after-upgrade (or the default of
compat 10). If no other options are given, this will cause
the service to be stopped in the prerm script and started
again in the postinst script.
-r, --no-stop-on-upgrade, --no-restart-on-upgrade
Do not stop init script on upgrade. This has the side-effect
of not restarting the service as a part of the upgrade.
If you want to restart the service with minimal downtime,
please use --restart-after-upgrade (default in compat 10 or
later). If you want the service to be restarted but be
stopped during the upgrade, then please use
--no-restart-after-upgrade (note the "after-upgrade").
Note that the --no-restart-on-upgrade alias is deprecated and
will be removed in compat 12. This is to avoid confusion
with the --no-restart-after-upgrade option. The
--no-stop-on-upgrade variant was introduced in debhelper 10.2
(included in Debian stretch).
--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.
--no-enable
Disable the init script on purge, but do not enable them on
install. This implies a versioned dependency on init-system-
helpers (>= 1.51) as it is the first (functional) version
that supports update-rc.d <script> defaults-disabled.
Note that this option does not affect whether the services
are started. Please remember to also use --no-start if the
service should not be started.
Cannot be combined with -uparams, --update-rcd-params=params,
or -- params.
-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 (or
defaults-disabled with --no-enable) will be passed to
update-rc.d(8).
Cannot be combined with --no-enable.
--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.
