----- Mail original ----- > I don't see sysvinit being Essential anymore in unstable: > > → apt-cache show sysvinit | fgrep -i Essential > This package depends on init, which is an essential package that > → > > Any chance that you have stable/jessie in your sources.list, too?
Yes: wheezy, jessie, testing, unstable, experimental. > If so, the bug might be that aptitude considers any version essential > even if only a non-candidate version is marked as essential. Looks like. "apt-cache show" confirms that 2.88dsf-41+deb7u1 is Essential but that 2.88dsf-59 and 2.88dsf-59.7 are not, whereas aptitude shows "Essential: yes" for all of them.