On Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:06:04 +0000 "Debian Bug Tracking System" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for filing a new Bug report with Debian. More information. 1) This does not appear to be a problem with packagekit, but with systemd. Removing packaged from the system appears to have solved the problem for apt, but not for apache. 2) After trying many possible fixes, I finally rebooted. That appears to have solved the problem. Indeed, it appears to have solved a problem which *shouldn't* be related, an inability of HPLIP to find my printer. <rant>Systemd is turning out to be the kudzu of Linux. It egregiously violates the Unix precept of "do one thing and do it very well."</rant> <rant>It should not be necessary to reboot to solve Linux problems.</rant> Thank you. -- "When we talk of civilization, we are too apt to limit the meaning of the word to its mere embellishments, such as arts and sciences; but the true distinction between it and barbarism is, that the one presents a state of society under the protection of just and well-administered law, and the other is left to the chance government of brute force." - The Rev. James White, Eighteen Christian Centuries, 1889 Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB https://charlescurley.com
