On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:08:28 +0200 Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>
wrote:
> Am 25.07.22 um 14:05 schrieb Mark Hindley:
> 
> > It has been suggested that changing the dependency to
> > 
> >   systemd-standalone-tmpfiles | systemd-tmpfiles
> > 
> > would help the packaging system usually find the correct solution
and reduce the
> > number of unexpected surprises users are reporting.
> > 
> > With this change, on a systemd installation the dependency would
already be
> > satisfied and therefore noop for APT. 
> 
> This is not correct. It would make the bootstrap phase more brittle
as 
> outlined by ansgar. So this is certainly a no-go.

Indeed it would be wrong. Also the justification doesn't seem correct:
simply installing the 'systemd' binary does NOT switch the init system,
so it's difficult to see how it could 'significant problems' in and by
itself.

> I hate to repeat myself: add a Recommends or Depends on 
> systemd-standalone-tmpfiles to sysvinit-core to help apt choose the 
> right solution for such non-standard configurations.

On top of that, when building images debootstrap provides --include/--
exclude switches to also do that.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

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