[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#865398: libguestfs0: unnessarly depends on systemd

[Hilko Bengen]

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* Ben Hildred:

> Package: libguestfs0
> Version: 1.34.6-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 1.34.6-2
>
> the dependency on systemd | sysvinit will not be satisfied by sysvinit-core.
> This is a policy violation.

How is this alternate dependency a policy violation and what concrete
problem does it cause?

I just checked why the dependency is there: It is listed in
appliance/packagelist.in because the libguestfs system needs a
/sbin/reboot binary -- which happens to be be provided by either of
these two packages.

Cheers,
-Hilko