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

[Felipe Sateler]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:33 AM <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:

> 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.
>

I'm not opposed to a backport, and I don't think there are many problems
with attempting it. However, I do not have time to prepare and test such a
backport. Help welcome.
-- 

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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