On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 04:36:37PM +0100, Marco Ricci wrote:
> Version 1.4.76-1+b1 of lighttpd depends on systemd-sysv | lsb-base, but
> version 1.4.77-1 of lighttpd depends only on systemd-sysv.  This means
> that version 1.4.77-1 transitively installs systemd, which is
> incompatible with using a different init system such as runit
> (sysvinit-utils + runit-init).
> 
> I could not find any reason in the lighttpd upstream 1.4.77 changelog or
> in the Debian changelog that would explain why lsb-base is no longer
> a suitable alternative.  Please re-add lsb-base/sysvinit-utils as an
> alternative to systemd-sysv, or kindly add or point to such an
> explanation.  Thanks.

ackn.  I'll restore that and submit to RFS next week.
Thank you for the report.

The removal was done on bad advice given by lintian.
Add this to the list of bad advice from lintian.

Cheers, Glenn

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