On 13.04.2017 09:27, Klaus Ethgen wrote:

> Take for example openssh, I provide patched packages on my server that
> remove the patches of debian that lower ssh security for just gaining a
> bit more comfort.

What are they aiming to "improve" here ?

> However, in the recent days it was even not possible
> anymore to build as it build depend on libsystemd-dev that is starting
> to depend on systemd itself.

What exactly has happened here ?
Is it just the debian package or openssh upstream itself ?

BTW: just looking at debian patches (jessie) ... haven't seen anything
like that yet.

But it seems they still haven't learn that patching autogenerated files
isn't a good idea.

--mtx