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

From: Andrew Bower <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 22:33:53 +0100

On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 07:13:42PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 10:08:52PM +0100, Andrew Bower wrote:
> > 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!
> 
> I am happy to try. Certainly Debian's coreutils looks poorly maintained. I have
> had a quick look through the open bugs. Many may not be current.

Hmm, the recent bug creation rate looks suspiciously like someone was
trying to find bugs to 'prove' that the Rust version was better than the
GNU C version, or something like that. Perhaps a new test suite was
targetted at it. I'm not sure that it would be entirely fair to blame
the Debian packaging for that.

That's not to say the bug reports aren't fair and due attention.

> I will deal with a few easy d/control aspects and upload to unstable with a view
> to including in excalibur if we don't run into new problems.

I must admit I didn't spot any packaging-specific issue because of the
amount of the above type!