Hi, On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:24:53 -0700 Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > sysvinit-core depends on initscripts, but sysvinit does not. However, > sysvinit ships /lib/sysvinit/init, and it should be possible to use > sysvinit by booting with init=/lib/sysvinit/init without having > sysvinit-core installed. Thus, sysvinit needs to have dependencies on > any packages needed for a functional sysvinit init system, including > initscripts (and potentially other dependencies of sysvinit-core).
The sysvinit package (as shipped in jessie) was mostly intended as a transitional measure when upgrading from wheezy to jessie. I tried to make that clear also in the package description. Keep in mind, that when installing jessie from scratch, there will be no /etc/inittab. This means, installing the sysvinit package (in parallel to systemd-sysv) will not result in a bootable system via init=/lib/sysvinit/init. Now, if there is desire to make the sysvinit package useful beyond the wheezy -> jessie upgrade, someone would have to deal with this inittab problem first, I think. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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