Re: Bug#753589: systemd: missing pre-dependencies for runlevel(8) etc.
On 4 August 2014 09:50, Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> wrote:
> On 04/08/14 09:32, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> Quick summary of #753589 for debian-devel readers: Essential:yes packages are
>> expected to provide their functionality while merely unpacked, even when
>> not yet configured. The new init package is Essential:yes, and the
>> functionality it represents includes sysvinit-compatible implementations
>> of runlevel(8), shutdown(8), halt(8), telinit(8), poweroff(8) and reboot(8).
>> At least runlevel(8) is actively used via invoke-rc.d in maintainer scripts,
>> leading to #753589.
>
> Upstart appears to have an equivalent bug, which I've just opened. It
> looks as though upstart would need Pre-Depends on at least libnih1 and
> libc6.
>
Yeap. +1 on both bugs to implement Pre-Depends.
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Regards,
Dimitri.
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