Bug#817371: systemd-sysv: circular pre-dependency

[Felipe Sateler]

Hi,

On 9 March 2016 at 16:46, Bill Allombert <ballombe at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: systemd-sysv
> Version: 229-2
> Severity: important
>
> Hello Debian systemd Maintainers,
>
> There is a circular dependency between systemd-sysv, systemd and util-linux:
>
> systemd-sysv    :Pre-Depends: systemd
> systemd         :Depends: util-linux (>= 2.27.1)
> util-linux      :Depends: systemd-sysv
>
> Circular pre-dependencies are not supported by dpkg.

The exact dependency is:

 tzdata (>= 2006c-2) | systemd-sysv


The util-linux changelog mentions /etc/localtime being a file, and the
2006c-2 changelog entry for tzdata confirms this:

  * Put a copy of the current timezone into /etc/localtime instead of a
    symlink.

So it looks like the dependency was added to ensure the transition to
a real file.

I think the dependency can be dropped.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler