Bug#1146795: init-system-helpers: fails to upgrade systemd on Debian CI: Can't exec "kill": No such file or directory

Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues josch at mister-muffin.de
Thu Sep 10 21:50:44 BST 2026


> I can reproduce this locally with autopkgtest, like this:

I can also reproduce it with a vanilla Debian unstable debvm:

     $ debvm-create
     ...
     $ devm-run
     ...
     root at testvm:~# apt install --reinstall systemd
     ...
     Setting up systemd (262~rc2-1) ...
     Can't exec "kill": No such file or directory at 
/usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line 179.

Thanks!

cheers, josch



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