Hi Mark, On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 02:22:48PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 02:43:26AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > 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].
Indeed. I think for systemd the considerations are somewhat different. systemd can rely more on login getting installed through Priority etc. For sysvinit-core I understand (no offence) installing it when switching from a default install might already be a bit of adventure with current APT. Given this and ... > Both init(8) and /etc/inittab use getty > directly, so Depends seems more appropriate to our usage. ... I too think Depends is more appropriate for sysvinit-core. > How sure are you that getty and agetty will move? Still in planning phase, but it seems doable. I'll attempt to push the change for forky. > Thanks > Mark Thank you, Chris
