Bug#1035543: init-system-helpers: new systemd units may not get enabled on upgrades from bullseye if systemd is installed

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 09/05/2023 17.48, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Andreas, you filed this with RC severity with the justification that 
> systemd units are not enabled. I don't see that, so could you please 
> clarify.
> 
> What I could find out so far is the change of WantedBy target not being 
> properly cleaned up on upgrades, but that doesn't strike me as RC (and 
> would need to be done in e2fsprogs)

Yes, looks like this is in the e2fsprogs realm.

Please reassign it there together with instructions how to fix it, i.e. 
what should be done in the maintainer scripts.

IMO the expected outcome from e2fsprogs perspective should be identical 
system configuration (w.r.t. enabled systemd units) after both fresh 
install and upgrade from bullseye, regardless of the installation status 
of systemd.
If e2fsprogs doesn't care about this, it can downgrade the severity.


Andreas