[PATCH] enable build support without systemd compatibility libraries
Linda A. Walsh
dbus at tlinx.org
Wed Sep 3 02:28:34 PDT 2014
Simon McVittie wrote:
> Shouldn't the check be the other way round, so we check for libsystemd
> if available, and fall back to libsystemd-* if not?
>
> If you want to reduce binary size in a packaged distribution, it would
> seem reasonable to package the compat *.pc files in a -dev/-devel
> package, but not package the compat libraries: that's API-compatible
> (but not ABI-compatible) with systemd < 209, and would allow dbus to be
> compiled without changes.
>
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If they are compat libraries, why not package them in a compat
package so the content
is clear. Dev[el] packages aren't usually a place to bury compat options...
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