Bug#727708: Bits from linux.conf.au
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 06:03:33PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Adrian Bunk writes ("Bug#727708: Bits from linux.conf.au"):
>...
> > 3. Switching init systems after installation.
> > Assume I am currently using systemd.
> > What is supposed to happen when I do "apt-get install sysvinit-core"?
>
> I think that if you want to switch init system after installation, I
> don't mind at all if you are expected to reboot. (With the possible
> exception of switching away from sysvinit.)
>...
I definitely expect that you have to reboot.
The tricky part is how to reboot.
With a naïve Breaks/Conflicts between the different init systems you
would be calling the sysvinit reboot(8) with a running systemd init
and with all files from systemd already removed.
> Ian.
cu
Adrian
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