Re: procps with sysvinit: libsystemd0 vs libelogind0

[Bill Brelsford <wb@k2di.net>]

In article <HpIWl-gpIV-3@gated-at.bofh.it>,
David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 16 Oct 2023 at 16:05:48 (-0700), Bill Brelsford wrote:
>> The latest version of procps (2:4.0.4-2) depends on libsystemd0, so
>> upgrading 2:4.0.3-1 to it causes libsystemd0 to be installed.  But
>> on my sysvinit system it conflicts with libelogind0:
>> 
>>   libelogind0 : Conflicts: libsystemd0 but 254.5-1 is to be installed
>
> At least in 246.10, libelogind0 should also replace and provide
> libsystemd0, which means APT shouldn't try to install libsystemd0.
>
> Is it possible that you've unluckily updated your lists while
> the repository was being updated, in which case, a brief wait
> and then re-updating might fix the problem.

That wasn't the problem, David, but it pointed me to it.  procps
requires libsystemd0 >= 254~rc1, but libelogind0 is still
246.10-1debian1 and provides libsystemd0 246.10.  I need to be
patient and wait for libelogind0 to be updated.

Thanks..  Bill