Bug#727708: Processed: block 726763 with 727708
On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 12:57:39PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Colin Watson
> > The de facto interface for making an init system the default is to
> > install it as /sbin/init. While I'm coming at this from a starting
> > point different from Cameron's above - I haven't yet decided whether I
> > think it would be good for packages to be able to depend on specific
> > pid 1 implementations - nevertheless, if we select systemd as the
> > default I would argue that there should be some arrangement in
> > packaging to put it in place as /sbin/init, even if that isn't
> > upstream's advertised method.
>
> You mean, like installing the systemd-sysv package?
Indeed; but people earlier in this thread have said that this isn't the
preferred approach, so I was arguing that this *should* be the preferred
approach in Debian if systemd is selected as the default, rather than
having helper packages that have to wander around fiddling with the
configuration of half a dozen different boot loaders to point them to
the right place.
If the people whose comments I was reading weren't accurately reflecting
the position of the Debian systemd maintainers, then I apologise for
misunderstanding.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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