2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/service/debian.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/service/debian.rb
index 3d09e2849..58b808a8e 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/service/debian.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/service/debian.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :debian, :parent => :init do
 
   # Remove the symlinks
   def disable
-    update_rc "-f", @resource[:name], "remove"
-    update_rc @resource[:name], "stop", "00", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "."
+    if `dpkg --compare-versions $(dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Version}' sysv-rc) ge 2.88 ; echo $?`.to_i == 0
+      update_rc @resource[:name], "disable"
+    else
+      update_rc "-f", @resource[:name], "remove"
+      update_rc @resource[:name], "stop", "00", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "."
+    end
   end
 
   def enabled?
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/service/debian_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/service/debian_spec.rb
index 8dee2ee94..440d4491b 100755
--- a/spec/unit/provider/service/debian_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/service/debian_spec.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,20 @@ describe provider_class do
   end
 
   describe "when disabling" do
-    it "should call update-rc.d twice" do
-      @provider.expects(:update_rc).twice
+    it "should be able to disable services with newer sysv-rc versions" do
+      @provider.stubs(:`).with("dpkg --compare-versions $(dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Version}' sysv-rc) ge 2.88 ; echo $?").returns "0"
+
+      @provider.expects(:update_rc).with(@resource[:name], "disable")
+
+      @provider.disable
+    end
+
+    it "should be able to enable services with older sysv-rc versions" do
+      @provider.stubs(:`).with("dpkg --compare-versions $(dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Version}' sysv-rc) ge 2.88 ; echo $?").returns "1"
+
+      @provider.expects(:update_rc).with("-f", @resource[:name], "remove")
+      @provider.expects(:update_rc).with(@resource[:name], "stop", "00", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", ".")
+
       @provider.disable
     end
   end