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Szerző: Hendrik Boom
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Címzett: dng
Tárgy: Re: [DNG] Why Debian 8 Pinning is (or isn't) pointless
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 11:01:04AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Rainer Weikusat (rweikusat@???):
>
> > Rick Moen <rick@???> writes:
> > > Quoting Rainer Weikusat (rweikusat@???):
> > >
> > >> To re-iterate this:
> > >
> > > [more very strangely worded, difficult-to-parse prose, seemingly alleging
> > > that library libsystemd0 can be used to insert 'calls' into unrelated
> > > applications -- which assertion in my view does not seem correct, if I
> > > am parsing this odd claim correctly]
> > >
> > >> I honestly understand why stating this as it is causes hostile
> > >> reactions.
> > >
> > > I cannot recall having said anything hostile to you,
> >
> > Replacing
> >
> >     Because of libsystemd, a systemd sub-project, technically
> >     gratuitious calls to systemd-specific functions
> >     can be inserted into unrelated applications. [as it provides the
> >     required symbols]

> >
> > with        

> >
> >     libsystemd can be used to insert 'calls' into unrelated
> >     applications

> >
> > won't win you any prices for objectivity.
> >
> > But this kind of 'discussion' is as tiresome as it is useless.
>
> Rainer, I did not, and do not, understand how the mere presence of
> libsystemd0 can insert 'calls to systemd-specific functions'
> into related applications.


Once again, it is a matter of trust, not technical content. Do you
trust the maintainers of libsystemd0 not to entangle it with unwanted
systemd-isms? You evidently do. Rainer does not.

-- hendrik