Bug#1116288: sysvinit-core: consider depending on login

[Mark Hindley]

Chris,

Many thanks for highlighting this change.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 02:43:26AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Package: sysvinit-core
> Version: 3.15-2
> 
> Hello Mark,
> 
> I believe sysvinit starts gettys and (possibly indirectly) login.
> If this is the case, when sysvinit acts as the running init to manage
> these, please have it ensure the `login` package is installed. Note
> that login is not essential anymore.
> 
> At a later date I'm considering moving getty/agetty into the login
> package, too.

I notice that systemd is considering adding this as Recommends[1]. How sure are
you that getty and agetty will move? Both init(8) and /etc/inittab use getty
directly, so Depends seems more appropriate to our usage.

Thanks

Mark

[1]  https://bugs.debian.org/1116286