Bug#925524: init-system-helpers: Please provide a stretch backport for debhelper 12~

[wferi at niif.hu]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:29:29 +0100 =?utf-8?q?Ferenc_W=C3=A1gner?= <wferi at debian.org> wrote:
 
> Debhelper compat level 12 is stable and available in stretch-backports,
> but uses the --skip-systemd-native option of invoke-rc.d, thus adds
> init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~) to misc:Pre-Depends.  This is necessary
> to fix https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887904.
> However, the resulting pre-dependency can't be satisfied in stretch,
> making the resulting binaries of compat 12 packages uninstallable in
> stretch.  Could you please provide a stretch backport of a suitable
> init-system-helpers version to accompany debhelper 12~, or do you
> recommend some other solution to this problem?  (I suppose installing a
> newer version of init-system-helpers manually to a stretch system
> wouldn't break it, but it's rather inconvenient even if you confirm it.)

Hi Niels,

I'm not sure you noticed this report.  In any case, I'd be much
interested to hear your opinion concerning this issue.
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Thanks,
Feri