sysvinit should depend on initscripts for a functional /lib/sysvinit/init

[Michael Biebl]

Am 17.07.2016 um 23:17 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:05:09PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> If you have systemd-sysv installed and you want to try sysvinit-core,
>> you install the package and you get a fallback grub menu entry for
>> systemd (unless you also purge the systemd package). So it is still
>> easily possible to switch between the two init systems.
> 
> Only by having sysvinit installed as the default init system.
> Previously, it was possible to have systemd as the default (matching the
> Debian default) but still use sysvinit.  Now, it seems like sysvinit
> will become the only init system in Debian that *can't* boot without
> being the default.

Which other init systems do you have in mind which would allow that?

> Also, installing sysvinit-core will uninstall systemd-sysv, so if the
> systemd package is marked as automatically installed, it'll be removed
> at the same time.

debootstrap, as used in d-i, will mark systemd as manually installed, so
we should be safe in that regard.

Regards,
Michael
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