Debian src:sysvinit bugs

[Lorenzo]

Hi Mark,

first of all, thanks for this work :)

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:41:23 +0000
Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:

> You will have noticed I have been cleaning up src:sysvinit on the
> BTS. Apologies for all the collateral email traffic.
> 
> Broadly, there are 3 groups of bugs outstanding:
> 
>  - mounting kernel filesystems (debugsfs, cgroups2...): #968425 et al.
> 
>  - problems with NFS and other network filesystems (CIFS),
> particularly in relation to ifupdown trigger. I have not merged them
> as I am unsure they all have the same underlying cause.
> 
>  - 2 categories of fsck issues:-
> 
>    a) /forcefsck uses fsck -f option which is not universal: #686895
>    b) fsck when using battery power: #326647, #503765
> 
> They probably require significant code changes which may be unwise
> this close to trixie freeze.

I agree it would be wiser to wait after the freeze.

Lorenzo

> But if anybody can see clean solutions
> now, please do say.
> 
> I hope that by pruning the BTS hard, it has made it easier to see
> what needs to be done.
> 
> As always, comments welcome.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark