To prepare for the async boot system upstart currently in experimental, the sysvinit source package maintainers have decided to split out a few programs from the sysvinit binary package. The new sysvinit-utils package will be a dependency of upstart, and the old sysvinit package is a conflict. This is to avoid the code duplication resulting from upstart to provide its own copy of the same programs if this split isn't done. The new sysvinit-utils package is an essential package, so the ftp-masters asked me to report its introduction here.
The split has been tested using debootstrap and apt, so I do not expect any surprises with the installation system nor with upgrades because if this split. The new package is currently only in experimental, along with other changes to the boot system. I plan to test the other changes from experimental for a while before uploading to unstable. JFYI. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
