Bug#1064447: debuerreotype: ineffective diversions (due to /usr-merge DEP17) for obsolete upstart files

2024-02-22 Thread Tianon Gravi
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 08:53, Helmut Grohne wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 08:26:16AM -0800, Tianon Gravi wrote: > > It is precisely those older versions that the code still exists for -- > > I use debuerreotype for creating reproducible rootfs builds all the > > way back to slink.  > > > >

Bug#1064447: debuerreotype: ineffective diversions (due to /usr-merge DEP17) for obsolete upstart files

2024-02-22 Thread Tianon Gravi
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 01:48, Helmut Grohne wrote: > debuerreotype diverts /sbin/initctl. This file is part of upstart, which > has been deleted from Debian since at least bullseye. If it still were > part of Debian, we'd have to move the file and hence this diversion > would become ineffective.