On Tue 17 Sep 2019 at 13:29:16 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 06:25:05PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Upgrades from wheezy to jessie did not change the init system because > > libpame-systemd had the dependency > > > > systemd-shim (>= 8-2) | systemd-sysv > > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#issues-systemd > > The Debian upgrade from wheezy to jessie will by default migrate > your init system from the SysV to systemd. Depending on your system > and setup, you may need to do some manual changes. We have detailed > known issues in Section 5.6, “Upgrading installs the new default > init system for Jessie”. > > https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#systemd-upgrade-default-init-system > > Jessie ships with systemd-sysv as default init system. This package > is installed automatically on upgrades. > > and so on. I am of course referring to the *default* behavior here, > not to people who went out of their way to retain sysvinit.
Thanks for the reminder and being so clear. Insofar as it's important, (and it isn't) I think I installed systemd-shim on one system prior to doing the upgrade. -- Brian.
