Thanks for chirping in Mark.

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On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 4:37 PM, Mark Hindley <mark@???> wrote:

> This is actually a Debian bug and should be fixed there.
>

> If cockpit requires systemd, is should declare that dependency.
>

> If the dependency were present, amprolla would exclude cockpit from the Devuan
> archives.
>

> So I suggest you submit a bug to Debian's BTS asking for the explicit systemd
> dependency to be added.

Is this the rule for all packages that have dependency on SystemD for some functionality ?

I was under the impression that missing dependencies from Debian packages was to be expected, and that it was not considered 'important' by some of the Debian devs.
That was a while ago though (Lenny ?)...maybe opinions have changed.

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> If we want/need cockpit to work in Devuan that is a whole new problem ;)