Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-24 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 06:36:37AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Pretty sure it's either dbus(-{daemon,launch}) or systemd-udev. Yes I think you are right, I must have misread the line in ps somehow. > Please stop posting random rants on debian-boot@. Fair enough. -- Len Sorensen -- To UN

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Lennart Sorensen (2014-11-24): > I tested it out with a fairly minimal install and it worked fine (well > systemd-dbus is running, but that isn't init and hence not what I was > testing). Pretty sure it's either dbus(-{daemon,launch}) or systemd-udev. > So I learned a bit about preseed, and am f

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:37:41PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Debian has agreed via the tech-ctte and via the recent GR that installing > systemd by default on new installations *is* the *right thing*. > > And jessie is frozen. Since ages ;-) > > Please accept that. > > That said, useful pa

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Phil, On Sonntag, 23. November 2014, Philip Hands wrote: > Then again, I've used d-i as a presentation tool[1] -- I'm clearly > deranged. > [1] http://hands.com/d-i/lenny/classes/ukuug06/early_script nice! I was looking for that pointer since (iirc) KiBi reminded me of it's existance at the re

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:28:32AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > the last time this was mentioned in this very thread was less than 12h ago. Oh the link to a comment in a bug report happens to contain something useful. I will agree that it was indirectly mentioned then. -- Len Sorensen -- To

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Holger Levsen
On Montag, 24. November 2014, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > So far preseed has been mentioned, although without > any details on exactly what would be needed. the last time this was mentioned in this very thread was less than 12h ago. *plonk* signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:37:41PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Debian has agreed via the tech-ctte and via the recent GR that installing > systemd by default on new installations *is* the *right thing*. > > And jessie is frozen. Since ages ;-) A few weeks is hardly ages in the Debian release cy

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 22:43:53 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > I think needs fixing for this to work. ^ #668001 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://li

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 20:36:42 +, Philip Hands wrote: > If you want a way to do a non-shell based preseed, you _may_ be able to > get away with some combination of these: > > =-=-=-=- > Template: base-installer/includes > Type: string > Description: for internal use; can be preseeded > Packa

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sonntag, 23. November 2014, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Perhaps it is time someone who actually knows how to make it do the > right thing to document it officially. Debian has agreed via the tech-ctte and via the recent GR that installing systemd by default on new installations *is* the *right t

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 08:36:42PM +, Philip Hands wrote: > Ah, oh well then. > > If one starts preseeding many of the internal bits of d-i, one can do > pretty much anything you like (and loads of things you don't like ;-) ). > > If you're worried about recomending such things, I'd say that

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Philip Hands
Jonas Smedegaard writes: > Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2014-11-23 14:31:00) >> Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): If you're unhappy about the initial systemd installation, that's too bad, because we're not going to change debootstrap, especially not at this late stage of the release cy

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Holger Levsen
...just a small addition... On Sonntag, 23. November 2014, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Yes, you seem to have misunderstood me, because I did write this instead: > So please use the available mechanisms to “avoid” systemd if you > “need” doing so, and move on? and "moving on" could perfectly

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): > Use of a root shell can turn a Debian system into a non-Debian system > (by messing with the system in ways not following our defined rules). > Blame is on the user for doing so. Typos are unsupported. > > Use of declarative hints should make it hard to do the

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2014-11-23 14:31:00) > Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): >>> If you're unhappy about the initial systemd installation, that's too >>> bad, because we're not going to change debootstrap, especially not >>> at this late stage of the release cycle, to behave differently >>> d

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2014-11-23 14:15:27) > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:02:57PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2014-11-23 13:13:05) >>> Well, I'm really unsure what you're calling inaccurate in the third >>> point. >> >> It is that "preseeding" is the mechanism used

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): > > If you're unhappy about the initial systemd installation, that's too > > bad, because we're not going to change debootstrap, especially not > > at this late stage of the release cycle, to behave differently > > depending on the target distribution. The current sc

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Thorsten Glaser (2014-11-23): > Cyril Brulebois dixit: > > >bad, because we're not going to change debootstrap, especially not at > >this late stage of the release cycle, to behave differently depending > >on the target distribution. The current script covers all suites from > > This is not nece

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:02:57PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2014-11-23 13:13:05) > > Well, I'm really unsure what you're calling inaccurate in the third > > point. > > It is that "preseeding" is the mechanism used - but I may indeed be > wrong: > > I assumed the

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2014-11-23 13:13:05) > Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): >> Quoting Erich Schubert (2014-11-23 09:50:12) >>> 1. There is a wide consensus that Debian continues to allow other >>> init systems. >>> 2. The installer (currently) does install systemd. >>> 3. The installer CAN be

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Cyril Brulebois dixit: >bad, because we're not going to change debootstrap, especially not at >this late stage of the release cycle, to behave differently depending >on the target distribution. The current script covers all suites from This is not necessary. Well, not at first. The changes to de

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Jonas Smedegaard dixit: >> 3. The installer CAN be used to install sysvinit via preseeding (and >> admins should know how to use preseeding to install systems...) […] >script late in the install process to replace init-related packages >already installed by debian-installer. Indeed. You can also

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Jonas Smedegaard (2014-11-23): > Quoting Erich Schubert (2014-11-23 09:50:12) > > 1. There is a wide consensus that Debian continues to allow other init > > systems. > > 2. The installer (currently) does install systemd. > > 3. The installer CAN be used to install sysvinit via preseeding (and > >

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

2014-11-23 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
[sent again - to proper address this time] [NB! This post sent to debian-boot - please follow up there] Quoting Erich Schubert (2014-11-23 09:50:12) > 1. There is a wide consensus that Debian continues to allow other init > systems. > 2. The installer (currently) does install systemd. > 3. The i