On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:27:21 -0800 Isaac Dunham <ibid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:32:39AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > Cool Jude! > > > > As a member of the "minimum dependencies" crew, I just have to ask: > > Would libsysdev, libdevq et al already be installed on a native > > Systemd installation? It's important that vdev be easily > > installable, without too much dependency hell. > > > > Please tell me when vdev is ready for testing on systems like > > Manjaro-systemd and CentOS. I'll derive great satisfaction from > > further incursions into Redhat's territory. > Realistically, libsysdev will almost certainly not be preinstalled on > a systemd based installation in the near future. It may well not be > preinstalled *anywhere* for several months, if it does catch on. > > libsysdev is not intended to have any requirements beyond a libc that > supports POSIX 2001 (_XOPEN_SOURCE=600) and _ATFILE_SOURCE. > That is equivalent to POSIX 2008 (_XOPEN_SOURCE=700), and should be > available since glibc 2.4 or in any version of musl. > > Yes, I'm in favor of minimal dependencies. If a command-line tool > needs more than libc, I start wondering why. This is great news, Isaac! If libsysdev can be compiled with no requirements other than a modern libc, that's pretty much as good as having it package-installed! I'm looking forward to getting rid of my udev. Thanks! SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
