[Syslog-ng-maintainers] Bug#1099718: syslog-ng: autopkgtest testinitscript tries to remove protected packages and fails

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 pending patch

On Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:08:20 +0000 Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
wrote:
> Source: syslog-ng
> Version: 4.8.1-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: stops other packages from migrating to testing
> 
> Dear Maintainer(s),
> 
> The rtestinitscript autopkgtest switches init package, but they are
now
> Protected: yes so this fails. apt needs to be called with --allow-
> remove-essential systemd-sysv in order to work, or something along
> those lines. Please apply these changes and upload to unstable to
stop
> other packages from being unable to migrate to testing.
> 
>
https://ci.debian.net/packages/s/syslog-ng/testing/amd64/58520361/#S19


Dear Maintainer(s),

Given this blocks other packages from migrating to testing, I've NMU'ed
to DELAYED/1 with a fix for the failing autopkgtest. If there are any
problems with the patch, please let me know and I'll cancel the
deferred upload. debdiff attached, and also sent as PR:

https://github.com/gcsideal/syslog-ng-debian/pull/13


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