Subject: bug#355: apt: Unexpected linkage dependency on libsystemd

From: Andreas Messer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 22:49:04 +0200

Mark,

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 12:02:20PM +0000, Mark Hindley wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 19:50:34 +0200 Andreas Messer <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 1.8.2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > I observed a linkage dependency on libsystemd. This was unexpected for me
> > since I wouldn't expect a package manager depend on it. A package manager should
> > be as lean as possible.
> 
> Andreas,
> 
> Thanks for this.
> 
> You are quite right that this dependency would be much better avoided.
> 
> I am interested in us fixing this in ceres/chimaera.
> 
> I know you have patched version 1.8  to remove libsystemd0. Would you care to
> update that for the current ceres/chimaera version 2.0.1? We can then look at
> including it in devuan-packages.

Sorry, missed that mail. Yes I can give it a try tomorrow. 

cheers,
Andreas
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