Hi Adrian, I guess I thought it was powerpc-specific since 32-bit powerpc systems don't seem to have the same issue with Debian SID packages requiring systemd.
But thanks for your reply; I'll send a message to the debian-user list. -Stan On 8/20/21 2:55 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hello Stan! > > On 8/20/21 10:51 PM, Stan Johnson wrote: >> I'm trying to install Debian SID on a Power Mac G5 system using the Apr >> 2021 CD. >> >> After installing a basic text-only system, I replaced systemd with >> sysvinit-core. However, most things that I try to install seem to >> require systemd. > Since this question is not powerpc-specific but a generic Debian question, > you should post it to debian-user. I can't really help you on this issue > as I personally use systemd. > > I know that there was recently some discussion on debian-boot on how to > replace systemd with sysvinit during installation [2]. > > Adrian > >> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ >> [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Init
