[Mageia-dev] [Mageia 2 specifications] Systemd or not systemd

[Christiaan Welvaart]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Eugeni Dodonov wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 20:08, Olivier Blin <mageia at blino.org> wrote:
>
>> Option 2 seems good as well, but does it really have to uninstall
>> sysvinit? Isn't it enough to put some alternatives symlinks for
>> /sbin/init?
>>
>
> This is actually a great idea! A perfect candidate for update-alternatives,
> thanks, I haven't thought on that!

Alternatives is not the most reliable system so it should not be used for 
/sbin/init. You could make 2 conflicting packages that only contain a 
/sbin/init symlink and provide something which basesystem depends on.


     Christiaan