Try: # aptitude why systemd That may help answer the question. Rick
On Sat, Feb 19, 2022, at 9:03 AM, Stan Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > On a PowerBook G3 Pismo, I just upgraded Debian SID: > # apt-get update > # apt-get upgrade > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > As part of the dist-upgrade (see below), at least one package requires > systemd as a dependency, causing the removal of sysvinit-core. > > After the dist-upgrade, I was able to remove systemd using a two-step > process: > # apt-get purge systemd > Reboot and repeat: > # apt-get purge systemd > > So there's a workaround, since I'm able to remove systemd eventually. > It's just an inconvenience for those of us who choose to run sysvinit > instead of systemd. IMO, systemd is slower and more intrusive on all > systems than sysvinit. And while it may be ok or even preferable for > larger (or corporate) systems, it is too slow for any m68k system or any > powerpc system that is slower than about a Pismo (500 MHz with 1 GiB > memory), and I don't want to use it there, either, since I use a common > Debian SID installation for all of my powerpc systems. > > I can restore from a backup and re-run the dist-upgrade if anyone knows > how to locate the specific package(s) triggering the dependency; it is > likely one or more of the 25 packagees upgraded below: > > ----- > # apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > libperl5.32 libwebp6 linux-config-5.15 linux-source-5.15 > orphan-sysvinit-scripts perl-modules-5.32 > Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following packages will be REMOVED: > libwacom2 sysvinit-core > The following NEW packages will be installed: > dbus-user-session libjim0.79 libmbim-glib4 libmbim-proxy libmm-glib0 > libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libperl5.34 libpolkit-agent-1-0 > libqmi-glib5 libqmi-proxy libwacom-bin libwacom9 libwebp7 libxcvt0 > linux-source-5.16 modemmanager perl-modules-5.34 pkexec policykit-1 > polkitd systemd systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd usb-modeswitch > usb-modeswitch-data xcvt > The following packages will be upgraded: > fwupd libgd3 libimlib2 libinput-bin libinput10 liblocale-gettext-perl > libmagickcore-6.q16-6 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl > libtiff5 libwacom-common libwebpdemux2 libwebpmux3 linux-source > linux-source-5.15 perl perl-base xserver-xorg-core > xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu > xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa > 25 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 282 MB of archives. > After this operation, 222 MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > ----- > > thanks > > -Stan Johnson