[systemd-devel] setting up to allow separate udev and systemd builds

[Malte Starostik]

Am Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012, 13:40:57 schrieb Koen Kooi:
> Op 14 jun. 2012, om 10:38 heeft Wulf C. Krueger het volgende geschreven:
> > I can confirm and emphasize what William already wrote - for us
> > source-based distros
> 
> I just have to ask: what are non-source based distros based on? Pixie dust?

The sources are compiled right on the users' systems as opposed to binary 
distros where the sources are - usually - compiled by the distro who then 
provides pre-built binary packages to their users.

One of the main differences concerning the issue at hand is that as a 
consequence built-time dependencies matter for users, so build everything and 
discard what you don't want causes more overhead than for a distributor who's 
probably going to have a use for the binaries that are excluded from a udev-
only package.  A Gentoo/LFS/etc. user who doesn't opt for systemd will need to 
satisfy the build deps for no benefit just to get udev.

Regards,
Malte