Hi, I've run into a bit of a problem building a root filesystem for an ARM system where the kernel shipped by the vendor is 2.6 based. As systemd does not work there, I tried installing a sysvinit based system using --include and --exclude to (c)debootstrap.
In short: this does not work. The end result is a systemd based system. If I use the --foreign flag, sysvinit is added to the download, and an attempt at installation is made when the system is booted, but this fails due to an unresolved conflict. The system image left is unable to boot, due to a segmentation fault in systemd (which is is probably not that important, as older kernels are unsupported anyway), and is stuck with a kernel panic. I haven't found a combination of flags that would create a root filesystem without systemd, as the dependency resolver in these tools will always pull it back in. Being able to create a root file system using debootstrap is IMO a rather central feature of the Debian distribution, and I'd prefer not to give it up. I don't have a lot of time in the coming months, but I could probably clear a weekend. Would it make sense to organize a meeting (Linuxhotel?) to fix this? Simon
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