dh-metainit | Debhelper addon to install and register a metainit file | Mehr ...
This debhelper script should be used by package that ship an metainit file. It installs the metainit file in the right spot and add the required actions to the maintainer scripts.
Metainit solves the problem of writing good init scripts. Instead of manually creating these important files, they are derived from a declaritive description in the metainit files in /etc/metainit. These files can be shipped with packages or created by the local administrator.