Bug#771561: closed by Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> (Re: systemd package is missing dependency on Linux kernel (linux-image?))

[Matthias Klumpp]

2014-11-30 21:01 GMT+01:00 Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils at dieweltistgarnichtso.net>:
> What course of action would do propose to ensure that systemd is always
> upgraded in lockstep with the kernel version? Maybe have a versioned
> ”Breaks” entry for systemd regarding older Linux kernel versions?

Unfortunately, you can't ensure that - people might still boot an
older kernel, or compile their own kernel and run that instead of what
we ship with Debian.
The best thing would IMHO be a check in systemd to abort boot with a
meaningful message in case an unsupported (= too old) kernel is used.
Also, the systemd package can only be updated if the kernel providing
features it needs is set as default (this still wound't solve the case
of partial upgrades though).
Cheers,
    Matthias

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