Subject: bug#762: Debian removed essential startup scripts

From: Klaus Ethgen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:41:44 +0100

Hi Mark,

Am Di den 13. Jun 2023 um 10:36 schrieb Mark Hindley:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 10:25:59AM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> > Package: mdadm
> > Version: 4.2+20230508-2
> > Severity: critical
> 
> src:mdadm is not forked in Devuan and we use Debian's packages directly without
> recompilation.
> 
> This is clearly a Debian issue, see the Changelog entry for 4.2+20230227-1[1]

Yes. But it is done by ignorance and reading from this log message, they
do not show enlightenment as in debian, that would not break anything.
(Well, except of that, who uses SysV init. But that users are cursed
anyway in debian.)

So, the package needs to be forked for devuan to prevent harm from
devuan users.

Regards
   Klaus
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