On 2018-08-13 14:06 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > Actually, util-linux is distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization > (i.e. the folks at kernel.org). So, yes, Debian has to match what Red > Hat does inasmuch as Red Hat uses a Linux kernel and so does > Debian. It just makes sense to use the kernel-provided kernel > utilities. > > As an aside, I don't know what the situation is with the *BSD > Debians. They presumably don't use util-linux, so I *guess* they're > still using su from src:shadow?
No, kfreebsd and hurd also use util-linux and its su implementation. While not all programs in the util-linux suite work on non-Linux architectures, many of them do. https://sources.debian.org/src/util-linux/2.32.1-0.1/debian/util-linux.install/ Cheers, Sven
