Breaking init swtich: was Re: sysvinit_3.14-2_source.changes ACCEPTED into experimental

[lorenzo]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:28:33 +0000
Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 12:11:09AM +0100, lorenzo wrote:
> > as far as I know there is no flag to remove a protected package in
> > apt, for example (you can just test in a debootstrap sid chroot)
> 
> That is what I thought too. But, based on Thorsten's suggestion,
> --allow-remove-essential works:
> 
> [...]
> 
> So the 'cost' of  adding Protected: yes is having to use
> --allow-remove-essential and explicitly remove sysvinit-core.
> 
> Is that acceptable?

Ok then it's fine for me.

Thanks,
Lorenzo

> 
> Mark