I went for an exceedingly dirty solution but one not requiring a build environment: unpack the systemd-shim 10-3 deb archive, the control archive inside, and then modify the control file. Carefully pack it back up with tar and ar, then install it with dpkg -i.
I *do* hope this will get fixed. Only one package that I need depends on systemd via policykit, namely BRLTTY, and the polkit support is completely optional if you are not using brlapi. The servers will never get systemd, of course. This is just a VM with a pure textmode environment. I have wondered whether I shouldn’t just bite the bullet, only I can’t justify it. This is not change-aversion but self-respect. Systemd offers nothing I can’t do better with daemontools/runit/monit. I hope this bug is just a bug and not a feature …
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