On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Adam Borowski wrote: > The prerm also makes systemd non-removable without uninstalling most packages, > rebooting, then installing anew. Requiring such a reinstall is pretty much > RC in by book. > > I've reported this before as #930105 but this got insta-closed+downgraded by
Hm ☹ but I just had this crazy idea: 1. Merge elogind into libpam-elogind (not the other way round), as elogind without libpam-elogind is apparently (see the other thread) not useful in any way. 2. Make libpam-elogind (which apparently Provides logind) work with libsystemd0 and not Conflict with systemd, only systemd-sysv. This means code changes (so it works with either library) and packaging changes: Depends: libelogind0 (>= …) | libsystemd0 (>= …) (note libelogind0 is first, for fresh installs) 3. Create a new package elogind which Depends on libelogind0 and libpam-elogind and Conflicts with systemd, to finish the install. It probably belongs into Section metapackages and has no content and can use dh_installdocs --link-doc=libpam-elogind so even its /usr/share/doc/elogind is just a symlink. This way, a sequence would look like: - apt-get install libpam-elogind ⇒ removes libpam-systemd and systemd-sysv ⇒ installs libpam-elogind and sysvinit-core - reboot - apt-get install elogind ⇒ removes systemd ⇒ replaces libsystemd0 with libelogind0 If this is not suitable I’m blaming the beer I’ve had with supper. bye, //mirabilos -- tarent solutions GmbH Rochusstraße 2-4, D-53123 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Tel: +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB 5168 (AG Bonn) • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg ********** Mit der tarent Academy bieten wir auch Trainings und Schulungen in den Bereichen Softwareentwicklung, Agiles Arbeiten und Zukunftstechnologien an. Besuchen Sie uns auf www.tarent.de/academy. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Kontakt. **********
