On 2017-06-21 09:49 +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > * Ben Hildred: > >> Package: libguestfs0 >> Version: 1.34.6-2 >> Severity: serious >> Justification: Policy 1.34.6-2 >> >> the dependency on systemd | sysvinit will not be satisfied by sysvinit-core. >> This is a policy violation. > > How is this alternate dependency a policy violation and what concrete > problem does it cause?
One problem is that the sysvinit binary package no longer exists in Stretch. > I just checked why the dependency is there: It is listed in > appliance/packagelist.in because the libguestfs system needs a > /sbin/reboot binary -- which happens to be be provided by either of > these two packages. Actually, /sbin/reboot is provided by neither of these packages. ,---- | $ apt-file search /sbin/reboot | molly-guard: /sbin/reboot | systemd-sysv: /sbin/reboot | sysvinit-core: /sbin/reboot `---- So you probably want to depend on systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core, or maybe on the "init" package. Cheers, Sven