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

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:02:20 +0000

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.

Thanks

Mark