[Bug 1357713] [NEW] ifupdown and upstart can be removed

[Sworddragon]

Public bug reported:

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with ifupdown 0.7.48.1ubuntu4 and upstart
1.13.1-0ubuntu3 and currently it is possible to remove ifupdown and
upstart as they are not essential packages or any essential/manual
package does depend on them. Here is the output:

root at ubuntu:/# apt-get remove ifupdown
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ifupdown upstart
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 895 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.


As I know Ubuntu wants to change from upstart to systemd in the future so removing upstart may be fine but I'm wondering why ifupdown can be removed (wouldn't this remove the ability to create a network connection?).

** Affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  ifupdown and upstart can be removed

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with ifupdown 0.7.48.1ubuntu4 and upstart
  1.13.1-0ubuntu3 and currently it is possible to remove ifupdown and
  upstart as they are not essential packages or any essential/manual
  package does depend on them. Here is the output:

  root at ubuntu:/# apt-get remove ifupdown
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    ifupdown upstart
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  After this operation, 895 kB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
  Abort.

  
  As I know Ubuntu wants to change from upstart to systemd in the future so removing upstart may be fine but I'm wondering why ifupdown can be removed (wouldn't this remove the ability to create a network connection?).

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