Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Amodelo
Am 11.11.2014 um 19:07 schrieb Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org: Le mardi, 11 novembre 2014, 12.34:10 Miles Fidelman a écrit : (…) I'm not particularly interested in testing how well install/replace systemd and its dependencies works in our environment (both hypervisor level or guest

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Amodelo
Am 12.11.2014 um 18:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net: Yes, I am unhappy with the situation, as apparently are a not-insignificant number of other Debian users. One could hope that feedback might have some effect in influencing future decisions. That it has not, or if

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
Amodelo wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 19:07 schrieb Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org: Le mardi, 11 novembre 2014, 12.34:10 Miles Fidelman a écrit : (…) I'm not particularly interested in testing how well install/replace systemd and its dependencies works in our environment (both hypervisor

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
Amodelo wrote: Am 12.11.2014 um 18:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net: Yes, I am unhappy with the situation, as apparently are a not-insignificant number of other Debian users. One could hope that feedback might have some effect in influencing future decisions. That it has

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/12/2014 5:18 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 12 nov 14, 15:43:09, Tanstaafl wrote: Sounds good to me, but in reality, since the default *and only* init system for the last very many years was Sysvinit (this extremely salient point seems to be completely and

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 13 novembre 2014, 09.04:50 Tanstaafl a écrit : It should have been made mandatory that the systemd folks get this bug fully resolved and functional *on wheezy* This is simply not how Debian works; stable is meant to stay stable. *and* commit to maintaining this ability in jessie, as

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 13 nov 14, 10:49:44, Amodelo wrote: I am also not interested in testing an ugly work-around (install unwanted A, replace it by B). My servers seem to have similar configurations like those of Miles Fidelman. I definitely want a straight upgrade path with a minimum of problems,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 13 Nov 2014 at 10:49:44 +0100, Amodelo wrote: I am also not interested in testing an ugly work-around (install unwanted A, replace it by B). My servers seem to have similar configurations like those of Miles Fidelman. Considering that the Holy Grail of fixing #668001 for Jessie is

engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-13 Thread Joel Rees
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/12/2014 5:18 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 12 nov 14, 15:43:09, Tanstaafl wrote: Sounds good to me, but in reality, since the default *and only* init system for the last very many

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 11 nov 14, 18:25:03, Miles Fidelman wrote: Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 11 nov 14, 12:34:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/11/2014 3:33 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Actually, there's a patch (thank you Kenshi). It has not been applied. Hence, to use it right now, one has to build a custom version of the installer. I hope, that post the initial Jessie release, the deboostrap and

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/11/2014 2:16 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: New users do not need to be be aware of all the background to the choosing of a default init. No advertisement is needed. By definition, they do not care. They want Debian. Please let them have it. Wow... what arrogance... That is

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 3:33 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Actually, there's a patch (thank you Kenshi). It has not been applied. Hence, to use it right now, one has to build a custom version of the installer. I hope, that post the initial Jessie release, the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 2:16 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: New users do not need to be be aware of all the background to the choosing of a default init. No advertisement is needed. By definition, they do not care. They want Debian. Please let them have it. Wow... what

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:10:55 -0500, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org a écrit : On 11/11/2014 3:33 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Actually, there's a patch (thank you Kenshi). It has not been applied. Hence, to use it right now, one has to build a custom version

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/12/2014 9:02 AM, Laurent Bigonville bi...@debian.org wrote: So like Michael said, Jessie will indeed be the first version that allows you to have an alternate init without modifying the kernel cmdline. Which is precisely *why* the systemd proponents should have been required to fix that

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not how Debian works. OdyX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not how Debian works. You mean a bug can't be marked as release critical? Miles Fidelman -- To

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/12/2014 10:13 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not how Debian works. If Debian works in such a way that the Tech

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 10.17:54 Miles Fidelman a écrit : Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not how Debian works. You mean a

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 23:18:56 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/11/2014 at 01:51 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:58:25 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: Everyone gets it. Not everyone boots with it. Not everyone who boots first time with it gets to use it on

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 10.33:20 Tanstaafl a écrit : On 11/12/2014 10:13 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread golinux
On Wed, 11/12/14, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Subject: Re: Installing an Alternative Init? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 5:10 AM On 11/11/2014 3:33 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Actually, there's a patch (thank you

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/12/2014 at 10:43 AM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 23:18:56 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: systemd being the default init system can/could mean many different things. One of those things would mean that all of the things you say must necessarily be true. That possible meaning is

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/12/2014 10:40 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org wrote: I can't insist enough on this: the Debian procedures have been correctly followed; the TC took a decision which could be challenged by a simple majority GR [0]. This GR has never been called by anyone with voting rights, or

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 10.17:54 Miles Fidelman a écrit : Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 09.11:40 Tanstaafl a écrit : Which is precisely *why* (people) should have been required to fix that bug (…) This is simply not how Debian

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
The Wanderer wrote: On 11/12/2014 at 10:43 AM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 23:18:56 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: systemd being the default init system can/could mean many different things. One of those things would mean that all of the things you say must necessarily be true. That

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Ron
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:14:34 -0500 Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: One could hope that feedback might have some effect in influencing future decisions. That it has not, or if anything rigidified the Direction of Debian, is in itself, rather useful information when it comes

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Brian
On Wed 12 Nov 2014 at 10:56:27 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/12/2014 at 10:43 AM, Brian wrote: The reality is that d-i in jessie installs systemd. I labelled this reality with the phrase default init system. I could change to using another phrase but it will not alter the reality.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Brian
On Wed 12 Nov 2014 at 06:27:56 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 2:16 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: New users do not need to be be aware of all the background to the choosing of a default init. No advertisement is needed. By definition, they do not care. They want Debian.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 08:10:42PM +, Brian wrote: Sounds like, doesn't it? Let's be practical and see how how a screen in d-i could present an init system choice to a user, particularly having a new user in mind. Well, like the question about bootloaders the init system choice should

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/12/2014 3:10 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Wed 12 Nov 2014 at 06:27:56 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 2:16 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: New users do not need to be be aware of all the background to the choosing of a default init. No advertisement is needed.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mercredi, 12 novembre 2014, 20.10:42 Brian a écrit : Sounds like, doesn't it? Let's be practical and see how how a screen in d-i could present an init system choice to a user, particularly having a new user in mind. For what is worth, the layout of the menu is not the problem here. Cheers,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 nov 14, 12:14:34, Miles Fidelman wrote: (As someone else said - hope that LFS extends Wheezy's lifetime. Assuming you actually meant LTS, hope is not sufficient. From https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Companies using Debian who are interested in aiding this effort should help

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 nov 14, 15:43:09, Tanstaafl wrote: Sounds good to me, but in reality, since the default *and only* init system for the last very many years was Sysvinit (this extremely salient point seems to be completely and totally lost on the systemd proponents), I think only systemd and

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Jyri J. Virkki
Once upon a time Tanstaafl wrote: Yes, the procedures may have been correctly followed... but apparently it took something as major as forcing a major change (init system) to reveal the flaws in the procedures. What really surprised me as I try to piece together what has happened to my dear

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:14:34 -0500 Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: One could hope that feedback might have some effect in influencing future decisions. That it has not, or if anything rigidified the Direction of Debian, is in itself, rather useful

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 nov 14, 21:12:10, Lee Winter wrote: Of all the options available in the NON-expert installer, the choice of init alternatives might not warrant a user selection option, but all of the _consequences_ of that selection, i.e., things that get sucked in, mandate that users be offered a

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 02:02:07 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 01:58 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Sorry, but that is not what I asked for. I asked for specifics. Your answer doesn't contain any specific problem which would make me able to reproduce any

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 18:11:42 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 14:48:15 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 2:44 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:47:35 +0200, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com a écrit : On Lu, 10 nov 14, 21:12:10, Lee Winter wrote: Of all the options available in the NON-expert installer, the choice of init alternatives might not warrant a user selection option, but all of the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 02:02:07 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 01:58 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Sorry, but that is not what I asked for. I asked for specifics. Your answer doesn't contain any specific problem which would make me able to reproduce

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 6:32 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:23 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Optional? Yes. A lot (most) of systemd is optional. (So, I've read.) But isn't a lot of that optional stuff installed by default? It is, yes. We decided to not split up a 10M package

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 6:23 PM, Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: systemd-networkd is an entirely optional component, you don't have to use it. systemd-udevd is also an individual component, which btw is also used under sysvinit (or upstart). You don't

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 07:33:44 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: Placing the bar so high at clean for the reason given is unwarranted, especially if preseeding with d-i base-installer/includes string sysvinit-core is done. Then systemd-sysv is cleanly removed during the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/11/2014 at 10:54 AM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Please be specific. What problems of of dependencies are you talking about? Please stop bring up irrelevant questions and address

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/11/2014 11:38 AM, The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm wrote: Other people subscribe to a meaning of default which, e.g., assumes only that systemd will get installed as PID 1 unless some action is taken to prevent it from getting so installed. That seems like an entirely reasonable

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 11:38 AM, The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm wrote: Other people subscribe to a meaning of default which, e.g., assumes only that systemd will get installed as PID 1 unless some action is taken to prevent it from getting so installed. That seems like an entirely

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org a écrit : On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org a écrit : On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Marty
On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org a écrit : On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 11:38:19 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/11/2014 at 10:54 AM, Brian wrote: systemd is the default init system. That means everyone gets it. No - that only means that everyone gets it by default, not necessarily that everyone gets it. Everyone gets it. Not everyone

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 11:38:19 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/11/2014 at 10:54 AM, Brian wrote: systemd is the default init system. That means everyone gets it. No - that only means that everyone gets it by default, not necessarily that everyone gets it. Everyone gets it.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 11 novembre 2014, 12.34:10 Miles Fidelman a écrit : Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. No, that's NOT a fact. At least

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:00:23 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 11:38 AM, The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm wrote: Other people subscribe to a meaning of default which, e.g., assumes only that systemd will get installed as PID 1 unless some action is taken to prevent it from getting

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville bi...@debian.org wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. Irrelevant. Allowing the user to choose this at install time

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:58:25 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: Everyone gets it. Not everyone boots with it. Not everyone who boots first time with it gets to use it on subsequent boots. That is DEFINITELY a definition of default that is subject to very differing opinions.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. Allowing the user to

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 13:14:00 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville bi...@debian.org wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
On 11-11-2014 21:16, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: On 11-11-2014 21:16, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 11 nov 14, 12:34:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. No, that's NOT a fact. At least it's not a tested

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 11 nov 14, 12:34:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. No, that's NOT a fact. At

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/11/2014 at 01:51 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:58:25 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: Everyone gets it. Not everyone boots with it. Not everyone who boots first time with it gets to use it on subsequent boots. That is DEFINITELY a definition of default that

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Marty
On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Joel Rees
2014/11/12 3:09 Didier apos;OdyXapos; Raboud o...@debian.org: Le mardi, 11 novembre 2014, 12.34:10 Miles Fidelman a écrit : Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-11 Thread Gergely Nagy
Joel == Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com writes: Joel It's the same thing. You think you have something wonderful and we aren't Joel buying it. That's the beauty of it: you don't have to buy it. You're free to do whatever you want: contribute bug reports, patches for your choice of init,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 nov 14, 22:32:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: Is it possible, systemd dependency issues aside, to do a clean install of Jessie with an init other than systemd without first installing systemd? And, if so, how would one do it? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668001 Kind

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 10.11.2014 um 07:32 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Is it possible, systemd dependency issues aside, to do a clean install of Jessie with an init other than systemd without first installing systemd? And, if so, how would one do it? Everything I've read so far talks about replacing systemd on

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 07:32 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Is it possible, systemd dependency issues aside, to do a clean install of Jessie with an init other than systemd without first installing systemd? And, if so, how would one do it? Everything I've

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 10.11.2014 um 17:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: You can use pre-seeding and run preseed/late_command=in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core in the debian-installer. While that does indeed first install systemd-sysv, it's directly replaced again

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 09 nov 14, 22:32:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: Is it possible, systemd dependency issues aside, to do a clean install of Jessie with an init other than systemd without first installing systemd? And, if so, how would one do it?

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 17:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: You can use pre-seeding and run preseed/late_command=in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core in the debian-installer. While that does indeed first

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init. Up until now you were forced to use sysvinit. People seem to forget that. -- Why is it that

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Jarle Aase
On 10.11.2014 20:28, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init. Up until now you were forced to use sysvinit.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 10.11.2014 um 20:08 schrieb Jarle Aase: What I don't like about systemd, is that it insists on doing things I don't want it to do. I don't want /it/ to control the network or udev, systemd-networkd is an entirely optional component, you don't have to use it. systemd-udevd is also an

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init. Up until now you were forced to use sysvinit. People seem to forget

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 2:44 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 14:48:15 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 2:44 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 14:44:22 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init. Up until

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 14:48:15 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 2:44 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Mon 10 Nov 2014 at 14:44:22 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later uninstallation all the dependencies that systemd brings in with it.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 20:08 schrieb Jarle Aase: What I don't like about systemd, is that it insists on doing things I don't want it to do. I don't want /it/ to control the network or udev, systemd-networkd is an entirely optional component, you

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.11.2014 um 00:23 schrieb Patrick Bartek: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 20:08 schrieb Jarle Aase: What I don't like about systemd, is that it insists on doing things I don't want it to do. I don't want /it/ to control the network or udev,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later uninstallation all the dependencies that systemd

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later uninstallation all the dependencies that systemd brings in with it. If you

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.11.2014 um 00:43 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later uninstallation all the dependencies that systemd brings

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.11.2014 um 01:52 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:43 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.11.2014 um 01:58 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:43 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 01:52 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Joel Rees
2014/11/11 3:29 Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org: Am 10.11.2014 um 19:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. Ironically, jessie is the first release where you can actually install an alternative init. Up until now you were forced to use

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Lee Winter
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 10.11.2014 um 17:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: You can use pre-seeding and run preseed/late_command=in-target apt-get

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: I expressed a judgement that, based on experience, there are potential problems with installing and then uninstalling a piece of software with complicated dependencies, that would be avoided by doing a clean install. I did NOT say that I'd tested that

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Miles Fidelman wrote: I expressed a judgement that, based on experience, there are potential problems with installing and then uninstalling a piece of software with complicated dependencies, that would be avoided by doing a clean install. I did NOT say

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