[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#1127985: Bug#1127985: libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu: please allow smooth intallation on runit-init systems

[lorenzo]

Hi Andrea,

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:31:28 +0100
Andrea Bolognani <eof at kiyuko.org> wrote:

> 
> The change you're suggesting makes sense, but I'd like to try the
> setup for myself before committing to it. 

thanks :)

> In your experience, is the
> information found at
> 
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Init#Changing_the_init_system_-_at_installation_time
> 
> accurate when it comes to switching from systemd to runit? I've

mostly, but it misses a step (the removal of the "init" metapackage):
I have an autopkgtest for the init switch that has all the commands
(but it does not account for elogind as it's an headless container)

see
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/runit/-/blob/master/debian/tests/init-switch?ref_type=heads
around line 51 and 52

Lorenzo

> successfully used it in the past to test SysV and OpenRC
> compatibility.
> 
> Thanks.
>