Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...
On 11/5/2014 1:57 PM, Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Nov 2014, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> Not understanding this reference - so, you're saying you *can* perform
>> a clean install of Jessie using sysvinit for the init system, just
>> using a special command during the install process?
>
> Yes, FSVO "clean". You'll have installed systemd-sysv at some point, but
> the in the late command you will purge it and install sysvinit-core
> instead.
Sorry, that is *not* the definition of 'clean' in my or anyone I know's
vocabulary.
> The reason you can't do this at debootstrap time and have to use the
> late command is because of #668001, which is due to the lack of proper
> dependency handling when given --exclude and --include options in cases
> which involve alternative dependencies.
and again, this should absolutely be a showstopper bug. And again, the
fact that it is not speaks volumes.
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