How to move fresh Debian to systemd with Ansible?

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Hi,

apt-get once again too demanding. Trying to move to systemd is
presented with a warning that you can not escape from command
line:

$ apt-get install -y -qq --force-yes systemd-sysv
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase ‘Yes, do as I say!’
?]

This becomes a problem with Ansible and it hangs forever. Is there
a way to get past this message and still do the changes?

2

Maybe this will work?

  • shell: yes “Yes, do as I say!” | apt-get -y -qq --force-yes apt-get install systemd-sysv
3

​Are you sure you want to automate this kind of upgrades?​

Sounds like an anti-pattern to me.

Serge

4

Yes. Not this kind, but this specific.upgrade.

5

Looks like this worked. Thanks.

- shell: echo "Yes, do as I say!" | apt-get install -y -q --force-yes
systemd-sysv

6

Did the apt module in Ansible also balk?

We pass in a lot of parameters to it already to make it be automated, if more are needed, I’m open to it.

7

Did the apt module in Ansible also balk?

Yep. Balked.

We pass in a lot of parameters to it already to make it be automated, if
more are needed, I'm open to it.

I am not sure. Systemd is quite an exceptional case and it is already
recorded in web
history.

8

I’m thinking the question comes from the package’s preinstall script rather than from apt-get. Are you sure there is no preseed parameter you can use to answer the question?

-Greg

9

considering the question I expect sirens, skull banners and 3 guys on a pulpit announcing the end of the world. Changing your init system is as traumatic as a new kernel and/or new libc.

10

I am not an expert. so I listed all parameters I could get. Anyway, piping
"Yes, do as I say!" phrase did help.