On Tue, 5 May 2026 09:40:48 +0200, Antoine wrote in message
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> First off: don't worry. This is more a sad joke than anything else.
>
> I'm updating a computer running Debian (long story, but I will be
> upgrading it to Devuan at some point). When I try installing
> timidity, apt kindly informs me of the following:
>

>      serious bugs of timidity (2.14.0-8.3+b1) <Outstanding>
>       b1 - #1039396 - timidity: ships sysv-init script without
> systemd unit

>
> ...and that's it. That would appear to be the full extent of the
> "serious bug" which jeopardises the entire upgrade.
>
> Another sign of how hard systemd is being pushed, I suppose.

..yup. Just force the install. If your faorite apt* --force
options fails you, chk out dpkg's --force-help options.

..if those fail you too, upgrade to devuan daedalus or slackware,
I see too many pötterisms in Devuan Excalibur, e.g. usr-merge...

..I believe we need to port slackware packages to devuan for
anything important to us. Non-critical stuff can remain with
Debian as upstream, that approach should ease our pain.


--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.