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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] xserver-xorg-core in Debian unstable now requires libsystemd0
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 05:16:04PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 09:33:52PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> > Hi, has anyone built the xserver-xorg-core from Debian unstable without
> > libsystemd0?
>
> libsystemd0 is benign. The new dependency on libpam-systemd is worse, as it
> actually breaks things if systemd is absent.
>
> On the other hand, rebuilding with --disable-systemd-logind
> --without-systemd-daemon seems to work.
>
> > I'm still running Debian but with the angband.pl repositories and this marks
> > another stage of being unable to avoid libsystemd0 in Debian.
>
> I just uploaded deinfested xserver-xorg packages, but I don't have the time
> right now to test on diverse setups. All I tested is my home desktop, with
> nvidia proprietary. Thus, it'd be interesting to hear if there are any new
> failures for other people.


About the infested xserver-org packages:

Were they infested upstream by the xorg developers, or were they
infested by Debian?

Or is the situation vastly more complicated than this?

-- hendrik