systemd dependencies

Lennart Poettering mzerqung at 0pointer.de
Tue Aug 26 11:49:38 UTC 2014


On Tue, 26.08.14 09:32, Vít Ondruch (vondruch at redhat.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Recently I have noticed that systemd package dependency is creeping into
> some packages where it is not necessary. subversion [1] or rsync [2] are
> good examples. Please consider moving daemon parts into independent
> subpackages. When I install rsync/subversion, I am typically interested
> just in client side.
> 
> Just to be clear, systemd-libs is in minimal build root already, so I am
> not complaining about systemd-libs package, but about systemd package.

What's the rationale here? I mean, we have so many dependencies, if you
want to minimize them, you have a loooong way to go...

Lennart

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