Comment 19 for bug 94065

Note that in Upstart 0.6.7, you can disable a job with:

  echo manual >> /etc/init/JOB.conf

(this bug isn't completely fixed yet, because we want to allow a
method to do that without modifying the original file)

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:59 PM, plouf <email address hidden> wrote:
> When does this spec https://launchpad.net/upstart/+spec/profiles will be
> added to upstart ?
>
> it is slightly embarassinng to not have a simple tool or a command line to disable jobs at startup.
> I'm really suprised such simple thing was not added from the beginning.
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065
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> Title:
>  init: add non-destructive means to disable a job
>
> Status in Upstart:
>  Triaged
> Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>  I need the ability to disable an event.d entry without removing the entry completely.  this is the equivalent of commenting a line in /etc/inittab.  this might be to temporarily disable a serial line getty, or whatever.
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