On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:43:00PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > In order to enable this change, we're facing the "To continue type > in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'" problem because sysvinit is > marked essential.
That's only a problem if you're going from "sysvinit only" to "upstart only" as part of your initial dist-upgrade to etch+1. Other options are: "sysvinit only" -> "sysvinit + upstart" (using alternatives/diversions) "sysvinit only" -> "etch+1 sysvinit only" -> "etch+1 upstart only" I think it's really premature to be doing this though; we should be getting upgrades (and implementation for that matter!) working right in experimental while users get a warning, rather than testing it on people who might not be able to cope with a broken init. What happens if you lose power between deinstalling sysvinit and unpacking upstart, eg? Cheers, aj
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