#1088087 debootstrap --exclude=systemd-sysv doesn't work

Package:
debootstrap
Source:
debootstrap
Submitter:
Ava
Date:
2024-11-25 03:09:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1088087#5
Date:
2024-11-23 00:14:13 UTC
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debootstrap --exclude=systemd-sysv doesn't work. The option is completely ignored.
#1088087#10
Date:
2024-11-23 09:08:02 UTC
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Could you please describe your goal?  If you want to exclude the init
system, using "--variant=minbase" should help.

Bastian
#1088087#15
Date:
2024-11-25 03:05:53 UTC
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:08:02 +0100 Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
 > Could you please describe your goal? If you want to exclude the init
 > system, using "--variant=minbase" should help.

I was using the Debian net install CD. I was trying to install a system
that would use sysvinit-core. I believe I passed
"base-installer/excludes=systemd-sysv" on the grub command line, which
forwarded that "excludes" parameter to debootstrap. I also ran the
command manually a few times to verify the behavior.