Bug#1056137: systemd: downgrading systemd packages kills off the desktop environment

[Michael Biebl]

Am 28.02.24 um 22:22 schrieb Richard Lewis:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:37:41 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:40:05 +0100 Christoph Anton Mitterer
>> <calestyo at scientia.org> wrote:
>>> Package: systemd
>>> Version: 255~rc2-1
> 
>>> Because of #1056135 I was downgradin systemd/udev packages to 254.5-1.
>>> While apt was still running, this causes the whole desktop environment
>>> (I use cinnamon) to be killed (and all processes in it ;-) ).
> 
> 
>> My guess is, that the failures you encountered are due to the following
>> change in v255:
>>
>> """
>>           Service Manager:
>>
>>           * The way services are spawned has been overhauled.
> 
> I couldnt follow the bit i deleted, and this maybe jumping to
> conclusions: are there any implications for upgrading to/after 255
> within a desktop environment?
> should something be said in the release-notes?
> 

No, upgrades should work fine.
That said, the usual recommendations for dist-upgrades apply
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrade-preparations

I.e. it is generally not recommended to dist-upgrade from within a 
desktop session although usually it works.
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