Bug#727708: Depending on an init to be pid 1 == depending on a kernel to be running
Bill Myers <bill_myers@outlook.com> writes:
> I think the issue of whether packages can depend on a specific init to
> be pid 1 is essentially identical to whether packages can depend on a
> specific kernel (Linux vs FreeBSD vs Hurd) to be running.
> I'm not sure what the exact Debian policy is for that, but just copying
> that seems to me the most natural decision.
It's conceptually similar, but since kernels are tied directly to a Debian
architecture, it's easier to handle the kernel case using our existing
infrastructure. There just isn't a binary package for that architecture
if it doesn't work with that kernel, and most of the problematic cases,
such as switching between init systems, don't apply in an analogous way.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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