Re: End of hypocrisy, beginning of reason
On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 00:20:56 -0700, Rusi Mody wrote:
> I have a basic question: I want to migrate to systemd [reasons below]
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> However aptitude dist-upgrade shows me:
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> graphviz{a} rsyslog{a} sysvinit-core{a}
The testing distribution is in a state of flux so it is not unknown for
a dist-upgrade to want to remove a package from time to time. You would
be allowed a little worry if it happened when testing became Jessie.
> And a 1/2 GB worth of packages to be upgraded including systemd
>
> So I am a bit jittery about going ahead -- removing sysvinit-core seems a
> hard step to reverse :-)
sysvinit-core is already on your system so you are upgrading from
testing to testing. The init package at the present time has a
Pre-depends: of
sysvinit-core | systemd-sysv | upstart ,
which is satisfied on your machine. If you keep sysvinit-core installed
your choice of init system will never be overridden by the init package.
On your system you also appear to have chosen to have libpam-systemd
installed. At the present time it is likely to require systemd-sysv, so
sysvinit-core will be removed. Reversing this removal is as simple as
purging libpam-systemd.
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