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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:41:36PM +0200, Dragan FOSS wrote:
>
> Can you explain what is the *essential difference* between
>
> Pin-Priority: -1 for systemd packages
> in /etc/apt/preferences
>
> and
> ...
> banpkgs: systemd,systemd-sysv
> ...
> part of amprolla.conf ?


Not much difference in itself, but having a separate distro means
there's room for systemd-free versions of packages that have
become entangled with systemd, while using the same names for easy
recognition.

>
> Thanks in advance :)


You're welcome in advance!

-- hendrik