Upgrade to Debian 8 without systemd

To avoid the automatic installation/switch to systemd during the upgrade to Debian 8, it is enough to prevent the installation of the systemd-sysv package.

This can be done by creating a file /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-systemd-sysv with the following content:

Package: systemd-sysv
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1

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Comments:

Thanks, but there's a small error-- this file needs to go in /etc/apt/preferences.d, rather than /etc/preferences.d (which doesn't exist, but creating that directory won't work either).

I know this post is old, but wanted to mention that for the sake of others who might stumble across it.


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