Debian and init freedom (logging freedom?)

From: fungal-net <fungalnet_at_obarun.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:39:30 +0200

While upgrading my antiX-sid (Debian) with s6 and 66 installed today I
got two interesting messages.

This is copy paste from the terminal screen. If systemd-log is on the
/etc/ files then you have nothing to worry about. :)
At least they ask whether you allow Lenny to sweep your /etc/ for you.


Package configuration

 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┤ Configuring base-passwd
├────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │
                                    │
 │ update-passwd has found a difference between your system accounts and
the current Debian defaults. It │
 │ is advisable to allow update-passwd to change your system; without
those changes some packages might not │
 │ work correctly. For more documentation on the Debian account
policies, please see │
 │ /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/README.
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ The proposed change is:
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ Remove group "log" (19)
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ If you allow this change, a backup of modified files will be made
with the extension .org, which you can │
 │ use if necessary to restore the current settings. If you do not make
this change now, you can make it │
 │ later with the update-passwd utility.
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ Do you want to remove the group log?
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ <Yes>
<No> │
 │
                                    │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘






 ┌────────────────────────────────────────┤ Configuring base-passwd
├────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │
                                    │
 │ update-passwd has found a difference between your system accounts and
the current Debian defaults. It │
 │ is advisable to allow update-passwd to change your system; without
those changes some packages might not │
 │ work correctly. For more documentation on the Debian account
policies, please see │
 │ /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/README.
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ The proposed change is:
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ Remove user "s6log" (19)
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ If you allow this change, a backup of modified files will be made
with the extension .org, which you can │
 │ use if necessary to restore the current settings. If you do not make
this change now, you can make it │
 │ later with the update-passwd utility.
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ Do you want to remove the user s6log?
                                    │
 │
                                    │
 │ <Yes>
<No> │
 │
                                    │
 └────────
Received on Mon Dec 23 2019 - 18:39:30 UTC