On 2016-09-01 11:58 +0200, ydir...@free.fr wrote: > ----- Mail original ----- >> I don't see sysvinit being Essential anymore in unstable: >> >> → apt-cache show sysvinit | fgrep -i Essential >> This package depends on init, which is an essential package that >> → >> >> Any chance that you have stable/jessie in your sources.list, too? > > Yes: wheezy, jessie, testing, unstable, experimental.
Actually only the wheezy version of sysvinit is essential, and you might want to remove that suite from your sources.list (mixing oldstable and unstable is not supported). >> If so, the bug might be that aptitude considers any version essential >> even if only a non-candidate version is marked as essential. Note that apt behaves the same way, see #216768. See also the changelog entry for 0.8.1-1: ,---- | aptitude (0.8.1-1) unstable; urgency=low | [...] | - Bug fixes: | * Install new Essential or Required packages with the commands | "full-upgrade" (command line) and MarkUpgradable ('U' in the curses | interface) (Closes: #555896, #757028) `---- Cheers, Sven