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Author: Rowland Penny
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] samba-libs package in Debian now depends on libsystemd0
On 25/06/16 15:25, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:20:19 +0930
> Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@???> wrote:
>
>> The creeping continues.
>>
>> How difficult is it to repackage samba-libs without libsystemd0?
>>
>> Arthur.
> My only Windows computer gets fired up less than two hours per month,
> so I have no need for Samba. I've long ago forgotten most of the
> Samba I knew, but at the turn of the century I knew a fair amount about
> it:
>
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/samba-unleashed-steve-litt/1100840306
>
> Back in those days, the only Samba code I saw that could have related
> to the init was the init scripts, and those weren't compiled in. Today
> I'd imagine there's an option for smbd and nmbd and any other Samba
> background processes to issue one of those systemd calls saying "I'm
> ready", and if so, you'd need a tiny shim to make Samba think you're
> giving it that functionality.
>
> Of course, I haven't used Samba in 15 years, and everything changes.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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It is probably easier than that, the Samba 'configure' code has a
'--without-systemd' switch.

Just need to alter debian/rules etc

Rowland