Bug#1079329: closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> (reply to Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>) (Bug#1079329: fixed in systemd 257.4-6)

[Antonio Terceiro]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 06:08:27PM +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> Yes, essentially on arm64 the expectations of Debian/base-files and
> systemd have diverged irremediably on this aspect, and should not be
> mixed and matched anymore as it's way too costly to support, and that
> includes nspawn+arm64 and dracut+systemd+arm64, and I've taken steps
> to try and make sure it doesn't happen (as per your ruling: no
> incompatible symlink shall be created), even though there are some
> small gaps evidently, but I believe they can be filled.

Note that I am not part of the TC. My interest here is merely as an
arm64 user. I'm just coming to this, and I don't yet have the full
context.

I understand that you just want to get rid of a problem, but making
systemd-container an empty package on arm64 is throwing the baby way
together with the bath water. I don't have a practical suggestion at the
moment, nor a patch, but maybe there is a solution that can be achieved.
And maybe someone can discover it.
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