Subject: Re: bug#904: coreutils: key package depends on libsystemd

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:03:28 +0100

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 05:39:50PM +0200, Andreas Messer wrote:
> Would we really need to fix bugs which are also present in Debian package.
> As long as they are not fixed there, we're not worse than the Debian
> version.

True, but it is a measure that the package is in poor state that so many bugs
exist and expected Debian fixes seem optimistic.

> For me this dependency is very questionable too.

Yes, and for me.

I am having a quick look how easy it might be. There is no Debian VCS
repository, which is also unhelpful. Having to resort to gbp-import-dsc.

Mark