On 2019-09-17, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> Why he would say "despite its name" eludes this correspondent, >> because the package has *everything* to do with sysvinit, providing >> as it does the "links needed for systemd to replace sysvinit. >> Installing systemd-sysv will overwrite /sbin/init with a link to >> systemd." > > Yes, but unless I'm greatly misunderstanding matters, /sbin/init is not > specific to sysvinit.
That's okay, as I never came close to claiming it was. But you focus uniquely upon this "point," while ignoring the part about the "links needed for systemd to replace sysvinit." This is the Debian OS, and we're speaking of replacing the former default init system *in situ*, which was sysvinit, not upstart or any other, and I can only believe systemd-sysv takes this specificity into account (*and thus derives its name from its function*). So the package does have everything to do with the replacement of sysvinit by systemd in Debian. It remains elusive why you should feel the package name is somehow a misnomer. -- "I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice." -- Fantastic Mr. Fox
