Bug#1075757: elogind???s conflict with libelogind0 precludes upgrade

[Mark Hindley]

On Thu Jul??  4 12:57:00 2024 Benjamin Cama <benoar at dolka.fr> wrote:
> Package: elogind
> Version: 246.10-1debian1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I tried to upgrade to the latest 255 version of elogind, but I do not 
> understand the recent "Conflicts" addition with libelogind0: it renders 
> it uninstallable together with latest libelogind0, and thus ask me to 
> install libsystemd instead, which I do not want.

That is the correct solution. Recent versions use libsystemd0 compatible cgroups. You need to let libelogind0 be uninstalled.  See changelog and NEWS.

libelogind0 itself will probably disppear or become a transitional package.

(Sorry for the brevity -- we are away atm)

Mark