Bug#702390: unblock: rsyslog/5.8.11-3

[intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>]

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Hi,

Michael Biebl wrote (05 Mar 2013 23:16:56 GMT) :
> It has a one-line fix to future-proof rsyslog's systemd service file to
> work with newer systemd versions.

> +rsyslog (5.8.11-3) unstable; urgency=low
> +
> +  * debian/patches/04-systemd_journal.patch: The journal has replaced
> +    systemd-kmsg-syslogd and systemd-stdout-bridge. Stopping a non-existing
> +    service will generate an error in newer versions of systemd, so remove
> +    that from ExecStartPre.
> +
> + -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:06:57 +0100

I confirm the systemd-kmsg-syslogd service does not exist on my Wheezy
system, so that ExecStartPre is indeed useless.

I'm inclined to recommend the release team to allow this trivial
change to go in Wheezy, but I'd like to be pointed to an actual
example (future) problem this change would solve.

So, Michael, what's the actual potential harm, in practice, of keeping
the useless ExecStartPre? More complicated upgrade path to Jessie?
Running Wheezy + a newer systemd? Anything else?

Cheers,
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