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

From: Andrew Bower <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:08:52 +0100

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 05:32:23PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 06:13:07PM +0200, Andreas Messer wrote:
> > I volunteer to maintain this package, if needed.
> 
> Thanks. I have assigned it to Devuan Developers so anybody is welcome to
> contribute.
> 
> I have a version that removes --enable-systemd that I will build for
> experimental.

Thank you!

> Can you both test?

The new package generally works for me! (And the 'who' command behaves
as expected in the circumstances.)

Might be worth checking that it is actually possible to install a
libsystemd-free system now - I haven't done that.

I should say that the fact that I raised this bug doesn't mean I
definitely think this should happen - I think Devuan Developers have
more experience than I to make this call!