On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 09:59:01 -0500, Mason wrote in message
<20201201145900.GV5983@???>:

> On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 03:33:41PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote:
>
> > What, specifically, gets installed as part of Devuan which you
> > don't want to see there?
>
> As an exercise, try doing a minimal install via debootstrap, which is
> arguably the easiest way to tailor an install. I've thus far not
> managed to get an install through without elogind creeping in, even
> if I explicitly mark it as something to ignore. The Devuan live media
> I use for installs runs elogind. It sort of reminds me of the Agent
> Smith virus speech from The Matrix.


..try replace elogind with (experimental) seatd:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 01:26:32 +0100, Arnt wrote in message
<20201201012632.026f9c65@d44>:
> ..will experimental seatd be part of our escape from pötterisms like
> d-bus and (e)logind?:
> https://pkginfo.devuan.org/stage/experimental/experimental/seatd_0.4.0-1~rc1.html
> https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd
>
> ..git clone https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd and have a
> look. :o)



>
> > libsystemd0 is a stub library which contains none of the
> > objectionable code or "features" which people who don't want
> > systemd are trying to keep away from.
>
> Unix libraries bundle related functionality together so that you can
> link just that which you need. Can you explain how libsystemd0 fits
> into this model? I'm unclear on what set of related functions it
> provides.
>


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