Hi, What about the more conservative patch below ? This last line of a0_prep_root is still useful in case one replaces systemd-sysv with sysvinit-core :
$ echo '+sysvinit-core' > minimal/packages $ debirf make minimal I hope it will help ! Regards, JH Chatenet --- a/usr/share/debirf/modules/a0_prep-root +++ b/usr/share/debirf/modules/a0_prep-root @@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ debirf_exec apt-get --yes --force-yes upgrade # work around http://bugs.debian.org/686965 -debirf_exec sh -c 'cd /etc/init.d && insserv $(ls | grep -vFx -e rc -e rcS -e skeleton -e README)' +debirf_exec sh -c 'if `which insserv > /dev/null`; then cd /etc/init.d && insserv $(ls | grep -vFx -e rc -e rcS -e skeleton -e README); fi'