On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 05:44:39PM +0000, Rob Pearce wrote:
> I think, therefore, that it's probably safe to remove the offending entry in
> the depends list. The question is whether I need to replace it with
> anything. My instinct is that I don't, since the only requirement of that
> file is when using an init system that guarantees to provide it. However, I
> see from the changelog that the dependency was added at 1.3.6-5.1+devuan6
> (by Mark Hindley) so I'd appreciate any opinions on the matter.

It should be fine to remove the dependency. sysvinit-utils is still in the
essential set at the moment.

Thanks

Mark