Bug#854911: dbus fails to start on package installation on very minimal systems

[Simon McVittie]

Control: tags -1 wontfix

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 at 00:47:39 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 12.02.2017 um 00:39 schrieb Alexander Kurtz:
> > The crucial point was, that the package
> > installation must happen *before* systemd considers the system fully
> > booted, i.e. by installing the package inside "/etc/rc.local".
> 
> I'm sure there are multiple interesting ways how you can break your system.
> Running a installation from /etc/rc.local is imho not something we need
> to support.

I'm inclined to agree. I think you should either install packages after
your system is fully booted (e.g. using an interactive serial console
like autopkgtest does, or ssh), or install them with starting disabled
(policy-rc.d as used in (c)debootstrap, or systemd's special boot mode
for offline updates) and then reboot.

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