Re: [PATCH 3/3] readutmp: load libsystemd with dlopen instead of linking

Hi Paul,

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > There's no static checking or complaining involved anywhere that I know of.
> 
> Then I'm lost. I thought a major goal of this effort was to pacify 
> Debian installation procedures for coreutils on limited installations 
> that don't have libsystemd installed.

Sort of. I explained the goal of Luca's readutmp patch in this mail:
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-07/msg00065.html

As you and I have agreed that this effort is based on an incorrect
understanding of the coreutils package and its dependencies (and
Pàdraig seems to agree [1]), we can consider this patch (now
'[PATCH v2 5/5] readutmp: load libsystemd with dlopen instead of linking'
in his latest patch set) as rejected.

What to do instead, in my opinion, is detailed in
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-07/msg00098.html

I will submit two proposed meta-information files to coreutils:
  - A DEPENDENCIES file, that states the dependencies (both for
    the user who runs './configure && make && make install', as
    well as for the distros).
  - A PACKAGING file, that gives suggestions to distros, especially
    regarding how to create minimal environments without libsystemd.

Bruno

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2026-07/msg00037.html