Re: sysv-rc-conf breaks sysvinit

["Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>]

In article <[🔎] 41A26D17.4040502@maths.otago.ac.nz>,
Greg Trounson  <gregt@maths.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>I recently tried to apt-get install sysv-rc-conf, since rcconf seems to 
>have dropped off the repos, and got this:
>
>Unpacking sysv-rc (from .../sysv-rc_2.86-5_all.deb) ...
>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sysv-rc_2.86-5_all.deb 
>(--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/etc/init.d/rc', which is also in package sysvinit
>
>Does sysv-rc replace sysvinit or something?

Yes it does, partially. This is a bug in the dependencies of
sysv-rc-conf, it should depend on both sysvinit and sysv-rc
so that sysvinit gets upgraded properly ..

>Is it safe to overwrite 
>this file with the version distributed by sysv-rc, or is this a 
>temporary fix?

Probably not, you should install sysvinit first, that will
make sure sysvinit, sysv-rc and initscripts are installed
in the proper order.

I've filed a bugreport against sysv-rc.

Mike.