On 2/20/22 12:55 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 2/20/22 20:32, Stan Johnson wrote: >>> That's an or-condition, i.e. cron or anacron or cron-daemon or systemd-sysv, >>> see also the debian/control file of the logrotate package [1]. >> >> I do have cron, anacron and cron-daemon installed, so the OR condition >> should have been met. So perhaps a dependency is broken somewhere, but I >> don't know how to determine where the problem is. > > Try uninstalling logrotate and systemd-sysv, then try installing the logrotate > package and see whether the systemd-sysv package is going to be pulled in.
Adrian, thanks for your response. I restored from a backup (that has sysvinit-core installed). The package systemd-sysv isn't installed, and if I try to install it, then systemd is pulled in (as I would expect; I selected "n"). The package logrotate is installed. # dpkg --list | grep logrotate ii logrotate 3.19.0-2 powerpc Log rotation utility If I delete logrotate and try adding it back (I said "n"), it does not pull in systemd. So now, with logrotate not installed: ----- # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libperl5.32 libwebp6 linux-config-5.15 linux-source-5.15 orphan-sysvinit-scripts perl-modules-5.32 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: libwacom2 sysvinit-core The following NEW packages will be installed: dbus-user-session libjim0.79 libmbim-glib4 libmbim-proxy libmm-glib0 libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libperl5.34 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libqmi-glib5 libqmi-proxy libwacom-bin libwacom9 libwebp7 libxcvt0 linux-source-5.16 modemmanager perl-modules-5.34 pkexec policykit-1 polkitd systemd systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data xcvt The following packages will be upgraded: fwupd libgd3 libimlib2 libinput-bin libinput10 liblocale-gettext-perl libmagickcore-6.q16-6 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtiff5 libwacom-common libwebpdemux2 libwebpmux3 linux-source linux-source-5.15 perl perl-base xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa 25 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 282 MB of archives. After this operation, 222 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. ----- I see "apt-get check" comes back with nothing. Let's see if I can isolate which package upgrade is triggering the installation of systemd. It's one of the first five (none of the others triggers systemd installation). Let's try them one at a time: fwupd -- YES libgd3 -- NO libimlib2 -- NO libinput-bin -- NO libinput10 -- NO I'm not sure why fwupd would be triggering systemd. # dpkg --list | grep -w fwupd ii fwupd 1.7.4-1 powerpc Firmware update daemon Removing and re-installing fwupd: ----- # apt-get remove fwupd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: bolt libarchive13 libflashrom1 libftdi1-2 libfwupd2 libfwupdplugin5 libgcab-1.0-0 libgpgme11 libgusb2 libjcat1 libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0 libtss2-mu0 libtss2-sys1 libtss2-tcti-cmd0 libtss2-tcti-device0 libtss2-tcti-mssim0 libtss2-tcti-swtpm0 libxmlb2 tpm-udev usb.ids Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: fwupd 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 24 not upgraded. After this operation, 8,115 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 65067 files and directories currently installed.) Removing fwupd (1.7.4-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.1-1) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-3) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... ----- ----- # apt-get install fwupd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: orphan-sysvinit-scripts Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: dbus-user-session dosfstools exfatprogs fuse gdisk libatasmart4 libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-fs2 libblockdev-loop2 libblockdev-part-err2 libblockdev-part2 libblockdev-swap2 libblockdev-utils2 libblockdev2 libfuse2 libjim0.79 libmbim-glib4 libmbim-proxy libmm-glib0 libnss-systemd libntfs-3g89 libpam-systemd libparted-fs-resize0 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libqmi-glib5 libqmi-proxy libudisks2-0 libvolume-key1 modemmanager ntfs-3g pkexec policykit-1 polkitd systemd systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd udisks2 usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data Suggested packages: gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 libparted-dev systemd-container libtss2-rc0 btrfs-progs f2fs-tools libblockdev-mdraid2 mdadm nilfs-tools reiserfsprogs udftools udisks2-bcache udisks2-btrfs udisks2-lvm2 udisks2-zram xfsprogs comgt wvdial Recommended packages: secureboot-db fwupd-signed The following packages will be REMOVED: sysvinit-core The following NEW packages will be installed: dbus-user-session dosfstools exfatprogs fuse fwupd gdisk libatasmart4 libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-fs2 libblockdev-loop2 libblockdev-part-err2 libblockdev-part2 libblockdev-swap2 libblockdev-utils2 libblockdev2 libfuse2 libjim0.79 libmbim-glib4 libmbim-proxy libmm-glib0 libnss-systemd libntfs-3g89 libpam-systemd libparted-fs-resize0 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libqmi-glib5 libqmi-proxy libudisks2-0 libvolume-key1 modemmanager ntfs-3g pkexec policykit-1 polkitd systemd systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd udisks2 usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data 0 upgraded, 40 newly installed, 1 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 13.5 MB of archives. After this operation, 64.3 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y ... ----- And now: # dpkg --list | grep -w fwupd ii fwupd 1.7.5-3 powerpc Firmware update daemon So there must have been a change in fwupd somewhere between version 1.7.4-1 and 1.7.5-3 that causes it to now require systemd. Please let me know where I should report the issue. And in case the output from aptitude helps (it no longer lists logrotate): # aptitude why systemd i init PreDepends systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core i A systemd-sysv PreDepends systemd # aptitude why systemd-sysv i init PreDepends systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core thanks for your help -Stan
