Bug#1134098: "Enter root password for system maintenance" doesn't accept passwords longer than 127 characters

Andy Bennett andyjpb at ashurst.eu.org
Thu Apr 16 17:21:11 BST 2026


Hi,

>> > > Package: initscripts
>> > > Version: 3.14-4
> 
> But this is trixie's version and systemd has conflicted with 
> initscripts since
> 254.3-1. Trixie's systemd is 257.9-1~deb13u1, so they shouldn't be
> coinstallable.
> 
> Andy,
> 
> Can you clarify further?

I think I got it wrong:

-----
# dpkg -l systemd
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version         Architecture Description
+++-==============-===============-============-=================================
ii  systemd        257.9-1~deb13u1 amd64        system and service 
manager
-----

-----
# dpkg -l initscripts
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| 
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
un  initscripts    <none>       <none>       (no description available)
-----



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