On Saturday, 7 November 2020 15:52:25 -03 Ludovic Bellière wrote:
> Hi Eike,
>
> Install libelogind0 first, so it takes precedence over systemd, then
> elogind.
Thanks - but ->
That is impossible because of a catch-22.It is not even possible to deinstall/purge
libsystemd0it seems to be there to haunt me.

Copy and paste off aptitude introduced some not-so-nice esc-sequences into the text. I
hope that it will not mess-up the message too much.

*libsystemd0 (remove, 241-7~deb10u4)* will be removed. The following packages depend
on *libsystemd0 (remove, 241-7~deb10u4)* and will be broken by its removal:
* * *libaccountsservice0 (held/unchanged, 0.6.45-2) *depends on* libsystemd0 (>= 209)
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *libapt-pkg5.0 (held/unchanged, 1.8.2.1) *depends on* libsystemd0 (>= 221) (provided
by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *libpulse0 (held/unchanged, 12.2-4+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0 (provided by
libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *network-manager (held/unchanged, 1.14.6-2+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0
(>= 221) (provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *openssh-server (held/unchanged, 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2) *depends on* libsystemd0
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *pulseaudio (held/unchanged, 12.2-4+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0 (provided
by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *rsyslog (held/unchanged, 8.1901.0-1+devuan3~beowulf1) *depends on* libsystemd0
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *samba-libs (held/unchanged, 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *sane-utils (held/unchanged, 1.0.27-3.2) *depends on* libsystemd0 (provided by
libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *sddm (held/unchanged, 0.18.0-1+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0 (provided by
libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *vlc-plugin-base (held/unchanged, 3.0.11-0+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
* * *xserver-xorg-core (held/unchanged, 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u1) *depends on* libsystemd0
(provided by libelogind0 241.4-2)
>
I have no idea how or why this situation came to be.


> On Sat, 07 Nov 2020 10:41:47 -0300
> Eike Lantzsch via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi!Maybe somebody can add some cheese to my whine:
> > For months I am not able to resolve this catch-22 in Beowulf:
> > The following packages have been kept back:
> > Description: user, seat and session management library
> > Homepage: https://github.com/elogind/elogind
> > Multi-Arch: same
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: libs
> > Maintainer: Mark Hindley <mark@???>
> > Architecture: amd64
> > Compressed Size: 224 k
> > Uncompressed Size: 852 k
> > Source Package: elogind
> > Label: Devuan
> > Origin: Devuan:3.0/stable [amd64]
> > Origin URI:
> > http://deb.devuan.org/merged/pool/DEVUAN/main/e/elogind/
> >

> > libelogind0_241.4-2_amd64.deb
> >   --\ Depends (2)
> >     --- libc6 (>= 2.28)
> >     --- libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
> >   --\ Conflicts (2)
> >     --- libsystemd0 (UNSATISFIED)
> >     --- libsystemd0 (UNSATISFIED)
> >   --\ Breaks (1)
> >     --- libelogind0 (!= 241.4-2)
> >   --\ Replaces (3)
> >     --- libelogind0 (< 241.4-2)
> >     --- libsystemd0
> >     --- libsystemd0
> >   --- Package names provided by libelogind0 (1)
> >   --- Packages which depend on libelogind0 (5)
> >   --\ Versions of libelogind0 (2)
> > i    234.4-2
> > p    241.4-2

> >
> > I had similar situations with Debian Sid and Testing during mayor
> > changes and upgrades but was always able to resolve the issues by
> > patience and diligently purging and reinstalling packges - but with
> > Devuan Beowulf: NOT - no way.
> >
> > I am about to ditch my Beowulf installation and install from
> > scratch.
Before I do this, has anybody have a hint what I still
> > might do over which solution I didn't happen to stumble or I
> > overlooked?