Bug#883569: libpam-systemd: Prefer systemd-sysv over systemd-shim

[Michael Biebl]

Am 08.03.2018 um 09:22 schrieb Martin Pitt:
> Hello,
> 
> Julian Andres Klode [2017-12-05 11:43 +0100]:
>> libpam-systemd depending on systemd-shim first causes severe trouble with
>> resolving dependencies, as APT picks systemd-shim but then later sees a
>> package which needs systemd-sysv and fails.
>>
>> I understand the order was necessary for preventing upgrades to stretch
>> from migrating to systemd, but with the packages now widely installed,
>> this should not be a problem anymore, as the dependencies are satisfied
>> already, so APT won't switch them.
> 
> With the recent TC decision [1] I think we should actually be good now to flip
> this around in unstable/testing. Michael, do you have any reservation there?

There is one case: someone installs a minimal system without
libpam-systemd, then switches to sysvinit-core, then installs a desktop
environment which pulls libpam-systemd (via polkit in most cases). In
that specific scenario, apt will uninstall sysvinit-core and install
systemd-sysv again.
Is this something the TC has considered and is ok with?

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