Ah, Bug#809963: dpkg: check that we even have all the .debs specified on the command line first. Sorry. OK. This worked: # dpkg -B -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*228-3* ifupdown_0.8.6~1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 148098 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_228-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking libpam-systemd:i386 (228-3) over (228-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_228-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking libsystemd0:i386 (228-3) over (228-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_228-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking libudev1:i386 (228-3) over (228-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_228-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking systemd-sysv (228-3) over (228-3) ... dpkg: considering deconfiguration of ifupdown, which would be broken by installation of systemd ... dpkg: yes, will deconfigure ifupdown (broken by systemd) Preparing to unpack .../systemd_228-3_i386.deb ... De-configuring ifupdown (0.8.4) ... Unpacking systemd (228-3) over (228-2+b1) ... Preparing to unpack .../archives/udev_228-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking udev (228-3) over (228-2+b1) ... Preparing to unpack ifupdown_0.8.6~1_i386.deb ... Unpacking ifupdown (0.8.6~1) over (0.8.4) ... Setting up libsystemd0:i386 (228-3) ... Setting up libudev1:i386 (228-3) ... Setting up systemd (228-3) ... addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting. Removing obsolete conffile /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh ... Setting up ifupdown (0.8.6~1) ... Setting up udev (228-3) ... addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up systemd-sysv (228-3) ... Setting up libpam-systemd:i386 (228-3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.22-0experimental1) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.11.0-1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.121~rc2) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-686-pae #
