Bug#727708: Depending on an init to be pid 1 == depending on a kernel to be running

2014-02-03 Thread Josh Triplett
Russ Allbery wrote: > It's conceptually similar, but since kernels are tied directly to a > Debian architecture, it's easier to handle the kernel case using our > existing infrastructure. There just isn't a binary package for that > architecture if it doesn't work with that kernel, and most of the

Bug#727708: Depending on an init to be pid 1 == depending on a kernel to be running

2014-02-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Myers writes: > I think the issue of whether packages can depend on a specific init to > be pid 1 is essentially identical to whether packages can depend on a > specific kernel (Linux vs FreeBSD vs Hurd) to be running. > I'm not sure what the exact Debian policy is for that, but just copyin

Bug#727708: Depending on an init to be pid 1 == depending on a kernel to be running

2014-02-03 Thread Bill Myers
I think the issue of whether packages can depend on a specific init to be pid 1 is essentially identical to whether packages can depend on a specific kernel (Linux vs FreeBSD vs Hurd) to be running. I'm not sure what the exact Debian policy is for that, but just copying that seems to me the mos