Bug#934491: libelogind0: failing to switch from systemd to sysvinit-core/elogind results in libsystemd.so.0 disappearing

[Mark Hindley]

Control: tags -1 pending

Simon,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 05:46:32PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> I think I have finally got to the bottom of this. As you suspected it is apt's
> invocation of dpkg. See #935910.

This has now been fixed in apt 1.9.4 (experimental).

I propose to add

 Breaks: apt (<< 1.9.4)

to the libelogind0 stanza in d/control.

In my testing with apt v1.9.4 system breakage is avoided. After the systemd
prerm fails, dpkg returns immediately and apt is still available to fix the
system.

Are you happy with this?

Mark