- name: "Configure apt: pin down SystemD packages" become: true copy: src: etc dest: / owner: root group: root mode: '0640' - name: Install SysV init become: true apt: autoclean: yes autoremove: yes install_recommends: no name: ['sysvinit-core', 'sysvinit-utils'] purge: yes state: latest update_cache: yes - name: Configure SysV init become: true copy: src: /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab remote_src: true dest: /etc/inittab owner: root group: root mode: '0644' - name: Purge SystemD become: true import_tasks: remove-systemd.yml - name: Reboot if SystemD is still active become: true reboot: when: purged.rc != 0 - name: Purge SystemD after reboot import_tasks: remove-systemd.yml when: purged.rc != 0