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Re: systemd situation in Jesssie



On Sun 18 May 2014 at 20:03:11 +0200, Erwan David wrote:

> Le 18/05/2014 19:43, Brian a écrit :
> > On Sat 17 May 2014 at 22:40:13 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> >> On Sb, 17 mai 14, 20:57:39, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >>> Depending on your needs, installing systemd might be mandatory in
> >>> unstable already (e.g. gdm3 indirectly depends on it), but you do _not_
> >>> have to install systemd-sysv and thus make it the default init system.
> >>  
> >> Actually gdm3 Depends: libpam-systemd, which Depends: systemd-sysv, so 
> >> yes, you do. network-manager and gnome-bluetooth also depend on 
> >> libpam-systemd.
> > libpam-systemd: Depends: systemd-sysv | systemd-shim.
> >
> > I'm with Sven here. Install systemd-shim and systemd-sysv will not be
> > installed.
> >
> > One consideration might be
> >
> >   https://lists.debian.org/1399888483.5437.804.camel@dsp0698014
> >
> >      As far as GDM is concerned, any bug reported with systemd-shim
> >      installed will be ignored. The bug script should probably be
> >      updated to that effect, BTW. 
> >
> >
> 
> For me this is a major bug of GDM : imposing a specific init system. But
> it is same thing since beginning of gnome project : users are just
> cosidered as cattle

The substantive part of my mail debunks the claim that GDM necessarily
imposes a specific init system. It is correct to say that gdm3 depends
on libpam-systemd, but installing systemd-shim leaves a sysvinit system
without any change in PID 1.


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