Bug#926316: systemd: Installing the systemd package switches the init system to systemd

[Michael Biebl]

Am 03.04.19 um 18:08 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
> Looks like sysvinit-core needs XB-Important: yes to prevent such easy
> removal.

I though about this too, but on the other hand with "init" we actually
allow users to switch between sysvinit and systemd and adding
XB-Important: yes to sysvinit-core would render "init" moot.

I have to say I'm surprised apt prefers uninstalling a package to
satisfy a Recommends over not installing a Recommends and keeping that
package.


If systemd is the active PID 1, we want libpam-systemd installed
alongside. So far we also considered that users might not have
systemd-sysv installed but instead boot with init=/lib/systemd/systemd.
I have no idea how common that is, so maybe an alternative could be to
move the libpam-systemd Recommends from systemd to systemd-sysv
(alongside the existing libnss-systemd).


WDYT? Is it too late in the release cycle to make such a change?

Michael
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