[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#781766: sysvinit should depend on initscripts for a functional /lib/sysvinit/init

[Josh Triplett]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:05:09PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> If you have systemd-sysv installed and you want to try sysvinit-core,
> you install the package and you get a fallback grub menu entry for
> systemd (unless you also purge the systemd package). So it is still
> easily possible to switch between the two init systems.

Only by having sysvinit installed as the default init system.
Previously, it was possible to have systemd as the default (matching the
Debian default) but still use sysvinit.  Now, it seems like sysvinit
will become the only init system in Debian that *can't* boot without
being the default.

Also, installing sysvinit-core will uninstall systemd-sysv, so if the
systemd package is marked as automatically installed, it'll be removed
at the same time.

- Josh Triplett