On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 05:24:29PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > We know that with such a dependency apt won't install systemd-shim if > systemd is /already/ installed. That leaves the upgrade case. During > upgrade the change in dependency may result in systemd-shim being > installed as well as systemd, but that is harmless. > If it is not harmless then that is an RC bug in systemd-shim whose > effects on end users in jessie can be avoided by filing that bug and > preventing systemd-shim being in the release. But so far this is > theoretical - AFAICT no-one has suggested that having systemd-shim > installed when systemd is in use is anything except harmless. There was a bug report, which Josh linked to in this thread, to the effect that cgmanager (which systemd-shim depends on) was interfering with systemd at boot. This was an RC bug, and has already been dealt with accordingly. But it wasn't theoretical. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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