How to go back to sysvinit (was: Re: systemd-fsck?)

[Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 05/09/2014 12:35, Svante Signell wrote:
> Well, I've not been asked if I wanted to switch to systemd based boot
> when upgrading. I think this is a bug in init system choice and should
> be reported. How to go back to sysvinit?

Please ask on one of the support mailing lists (CC'ed).

> Installed packages:
> ii  libpam-systemd:amd64                  204-10
> ii  libsystemd-daemon0:amd64              204-10
> ii  libsystemd-id128-0:amd64              204-10
> ii  libsystemd-journal0:amd64             204-10
> ii  libsystemd-login0:amd64               204-10
> ii  systemd                               204-10
> ii  systemd-sysv                          204-10
> ii  sysvinit       2.88dsf-53
> ii  initscripts    2.88dsf-53
> ii  sysv-rc        2.88dsf-53
> 
> Which ones can I safely remove when going back to sysvinit?

You probably need to replace systemd-sysv with systemd-shim (to satisfy
the dependency libpam-systemd) and install the package shipping
/sbin/init instead (whatever it is called).

Ansgar