On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 06:03:33PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > Adrian Bunk writes ("Bug#727708: Bits from linux.conf.au"): >... > > 3. Switching init systems after installation. > > Assume I am currently using systemd. > > What is supposed to happen when I do "apt-get install sysvinit-core"? > > I think that if you want to switch init system after installation, I > don't mind at all if you are expected to reboot. (With the possible > exception of switching away from sysvinit.) >...
I definitely expect that you have to reboot. The tricky part is how to reboot. With a naïve Breaks/Conflicts between the different init systems you would be calling the sysvinit reboot(8) with a running systemd init and with all files from systemd already removed. > Ian. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140114184029.gg1...@bunk.dyndns.info