Bug#764186: closed by Martin Pitt <mpitt at debian.org> (Re: Bug#764186: Can't remove systemd)

[Roman Tsisyk]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: severity -1 normal
> Am 06.10.2014 um 12:10 schrieb Roman Tsisyk:
>>> From: Martin Pitt <mpitt at debian.org>
>>> To: Roman Tsisyk <roman at tsisyk.com>, 764186-done at bugs.debian.org
>>> Cc:
>>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:30:35 +0200
>>> Subject: Re: Bug#764186: Can't remove systemd
>>> Roman Tsisyk [2014-10-06 13:16 +0400]:
>>>> systemd is the active init system, please switch to another before
>>>> removing systemd.
>>>
>>> This quite clearly explains why the removal rightly fails, and this is
>>> a good thing -- otherwise you would end up with an unbootable system.
>>> You can install sysvinit-core or upstart first in order to switch.
>>
>> I have sysvinit-core installed, but I still can't remove systemd:
>
> You need to reboot to make sysvinit the active init.

I have absolutely no guarantee that my system will boot up properly
after that. It is uncommon to force reboot after installing/remove
software. Is it possible to select init system using
update-alternatives or something like that?

Thanks!

-- 
WBR,
   Roman Tsisyk <roman at tsisyk.com>