Hi.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 10:32:14AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> dbus, which is an xorg dependency,
Not in buster:
# apt policy dbus
dbus:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.12.20-0+deb10u1
Version table:
1.12.20-0+deb10u1 500
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
# apt policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
Installed: 1:7.7+19
Candidate: 1:7.7+19
Version table:
*** 1:7.7+19 500
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> but it itself has a systemd dependency.
Not in buster, again:
# apt policy dbus
dbus:
Installed: 1.12.20-0+deb10u1
Candidate: 1.12.20-0+deb10u1
Version table:
*** 1.12.20-0+deb10u1 500
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
# apt policy systemd
systemd:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 241-7~deb10u4
Version table:
241-7~deb10u4 500
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
> To make a long story short, after two or so weeks of research and
> numerous failed trials, I came to the conclusion that systemd has
> become too entrenched in the dependency tree of Buster to successfully
> convert to systvinit.
But it is possible. Just forget about running any DE.
> Even trying to install something that has no systemd dependency at all
> depends on something, that depends on something else, etc. that has a
> systemd dependency. And systemd gets reinstalled.
apt install something systemd-
Works wonders in cases such as this.
Reco
