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On Sat, 2018-10-13 at 16:29 +0200, Elrond wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 06:24:49 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> [...]
> > > Reason for Severity=serious: This leaves /var (or other
> > > filesystems) in an unclean state, so could possibly lead to
> > > data loss!
> > > (not to mention the lengthy fsck at every boot.)
> > 
> > Sorry for the late response.  I'm not actually a sysvinit
> > maintainer
> > but this bug is my fault and I only just noticed it.
> > 
> > Are you using a custom kernel without an initramfs?
> 
> [...]
> 
> Yes, I was using a kernel without initramfs.
> 
> But I converted that machine to systemd by now.

OK, so this was an unsupported configuration (regardless of whether you
use sysvinit or systemd):
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#late-mounting-usr

I think the bug should be fixed but it's not going to be a high
priority.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken

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