[systemd-devel] Building systemd

[David White]

> It's a private library with no stable ABI. You cannot mix & match
> it. it always carries the systemd version in the filename to ensure
> that the tools always use the library built from basically the same
> sources.
>
> hence, what you are trying to do is expressly against what this
> library is.
>
> Lennart

Thanks Lennart. I guess I need to figure out how to build the entire
library and install it. I'm using debootstrap and chroot for the
initial setup, and installing systemd via apt, will see if I can build
and install systemd from source.

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM Lennart Poettering
<lennart at poettering.net> wrote:
>
> On Fr, 24.01.25 12:22, David White (dr.white.nz at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >   I have a stupid question about building systemd.
> >
> > I need a particular package rebuilt to test some changes. I only need this
> > one specific bin.
> >
> > How can I link against the libsystemd-shared-256.so iin the default
> > location?
> >
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/systemd/libsystemd-shared-256.so
> >
> > When I build, it links against the lib in the build dir.
>
> It's a private library with no stable ABI. You cannot mix & match
> it. it always carries the systemd version in the filename to ensure
> that the tools always use the library built from basically the same
> sources.
>
> hence, what you are trying to do is expressly against what this
> library is.
>
> Lennart
>
> --
> Lennart Poettering, Berlin