On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 at 22:04, Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The second point is correct > Excellent, so a systemd init host doesn't need pidof then > 5) At some time sysvinit-utils drops the virtual package, doesn't install > pidof, procps picks those up > > The virtual package could also just be skipped, and a dependency utils > -> procps simply added, should provide the same results with fewer > steps in between? > That would work too and be less things going on. sysvinit-utils/sysvinit-core maintainers, do you agree with this approach? Do you need some dependent bugs opened, or is 826215 enough? I'll wait a while for some replies. I think it needs to go to debian-devel. Policy says it needs to go there for new Essential packages, but I assume for removing Essential tags it needs that too. - Craig
