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著者: Steve Litt
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To: dng@lists.dyne.org
題目: Re: [Dng] libsysdev preview
On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:27:21 -0800
Isaac Dunham <ibid.ag@???> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:32:39AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Cool Jude!
> >
> > As a member of the "minimum dependencies" crew, I just have to ask:
> > Would libsysdev, libdevq et al already be installed on a native
> > Systemd installation? It's important that vdev be easily
> > installable, without too much dependency hell.
> >
> > Please tell me when vdev is ready for testing on systems like
> > Manjaro-systemd and CentOS. I'll derive great satisfaction from
> > further incursions into Redhat's territory.
> Realistically, libsysdev will almost certainly not be preinstalled on
> a systemd based installation in the near future. It may well not be
> preinstalled *anywhere* for several months, if it does catch on.
>
> libsysdev is not intended to have any requirements beyond a libc that
> supports POSIX 2001 (_XOPEN_SOURCE=600) and _ATFILE_SOURCE.
> That is equivalent to POSIX 2008 (_XOPEN_SOURCE=700), and should be
> available since glibc 2.4 or in any version of musl.
>
> Yes, I'm in favor of minimal dependencies. If a command-line tool
> needs more than libc, I start wondering why.


This is great news, Isaac!

If libsysdev can be compiled with no requirements other than a modern
libc, that's pretty much as good as having it package-installed!

I'm looking forward to getting rid of my udev.

Thanks!

SteveT

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