Bug#849284: insserv: fopen(/etc/insserv.conf): No such file or directory

[Michael Biebl]

Am 02.01.2017 um 00:52 schrieb 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson:
> Also when I want to remove insserv, aptitude asks
>      Remove the following packages:
> 1)     initscripts [2.88dsf-59.8 (now, unstable)]
> 2)     sysv-rc [2.88dsf-59.8 (now, unstable)]
> 3)     sysv-rc-conf [0.99-7 (now, unstable)]
> 
> Which seems dangerous...
> 

It is no longer

> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/214155/completely-remove-remains-of-sysvinit
> 
> "Be aware that initscripts is not sysv specific, removing it will almost certainly destroy your system."

This information is outdated.

> OK thank God me and anybody reading this bug did not remove insserv.
> 

No, removing the above packages is totally safe in stretch (when using
systemd)

Actually, you can run
apt purge sysv-rc initscripts insserv startpar
and I would recommend that to anyone upgrading to stretch.

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