[systemd-devel] ssh.service in rescue.target

[u34 at net9.ga]

Phillip Susi <phill at thesusis.net> wrote:

> 
> Simon McVittie writes:
> 
> > The Debian/Ubuntu package for systemd already masks various services
> > that are superseded by something in systemd, such as procps.service and
> > rcS.service. It used to also mask all the services from initscripts,
> > but that seems to have been dropped in version 243-5.
> 
> Ahh, that explains why it seems to be implicitly masked on 18.04.
> 
> > Perhaps the systemd Debian/Ubuntu package still needs to mask rc1 services
> > like killprocs, or perhaps the initscripts package should take over
> 
> Sounds like it.
> 
> >> initramfs-tools does not depend on initscripts, but *breaks* it, which
> >> should mean it is not possible for both packages to be installed at the
> >> same time.
> >
> > initramfs-tools only Breaks initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-59.3~), which means
> > it is possible for both to be installed at the same time, as long as
> > initscripts is at a sufficiently new version.
> 
> Yes, but why is it listed as *depending* on initscripts when it only
> breaks it ( and only an older version at that )?

What package depends on initscripts? Does systemd depend on initscrips? 
Is it initramfs-tools?
Does that dependency has something to do with /sbin/init?

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u34