[2018-12-21 23:57] Thorsten Glaser <t.gla...@tarent.de> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > > I propose to replace current approach with update-alternatives(1) > […] > > Opinions? > > No. update-alternatives is too fragile to handle things like > /bin/sh and init(8).
What do you mean fragile? Mind to point me to corresponding bug, maybe update-alternatives system could be improved? > Also, what Josh Triplett said. > > The packages you cited are basically just the hooks to select > the default init system, most of them is in other, coïnstallable, > packages already. No. Only systemd-sysv is what you say. Both sysvinit-core and runit-init provide actual binaries. Sure, it is possible to move real content out of `sysvinit-core' and `runit-init' and replace it with symlinks, but why it is better then alternatives?
