On Feb 17, Adam Bolte <abolte@systemsaviour.com> wrote: > If I understand correctly, you're saying it's okay for timedatectl to > be broken in some installations if it's not expected to be used? If Yes, sure. This is not highly unusual. > that understanding is correct, I don't see how it could ever be > anticipated by the installation tool what the installation will > forever be used for. This is why we have system administrators. It is not reasonable to expect that the plain output of debootstrap is a general purpose system. > I do believe the ideal solution is to package the command separately Which I something that I have already explained was considered and rejected long ago. > If the command doesn't exist, scripts should at least > handle that case since many installations don't even have systemd. If To a very good approximation all modern Debian systems use systemd: https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=systemd-sysv+upstart+openrc+sysvinit-core&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=2015-04-01&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 -- ciao, Marco
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