Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Hi David
Am 04.09.2014 um 13:25 schrieb David Kalnischkies: > At the moment, the new essential init package has a > Pre-Depends: systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core | upstart > which causes some trouble for stable users with testing sources as apt > wants to install this new essential package on their systems resulting > in all sorts of "funny" solutions in a (dist-)upgrade done to move to > a new point release for example (just imagine: both systemd-sysv and > upstart exist in stable, while sysvinit-core doesn't …) > > (The reason that apt does it is simply that every testing package > potentially implicitly depends on this essential package, so it has to > install it or otherwise testing packages might explode – aptitude > doesn't do this at the moment as arguable, it happens more often that > it creates a problem like this one where none existed previously than it > solves a problem, but regardless of how much we like it or not it is > still something we have to deal with one way or another) > > > I /think/, hence the subject, that the easiest solution would be to have > an init package in testing which can be installed on stable without > bringing in systemd/upstart if the init system itself isn't upgraded. > Something like: > > Pre-Depends: systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core | upstart | sysvinit (<< > 2.88dsf-44) > > [the versionnumber is a guess from the introduction of -core] Given that jessie is released and our current stable distro, do you still see any value in keeping this bug report open? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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