Just wondered which packages I need to install in order for the option
--enable-systemd to work. Here's the answer:
2025-02-17 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
readutmp, boot-time: Improve documentation.
* DEPENDENCIES: Mention requirements of 'readutmp' and 'boot-time'.
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index fa3bbeb626..155101349b 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -405,6 +405,18 @@ For module 'readline':
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libreadline-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
+For modules 'readutmp' and 'boot-time':
+ * systemd libraries
+ + Recommended if systemd >= 254 is present on the system.
+ Needed for fetching current status from systemd-logind instead of
+ from the file /var/run/utmp.
+ + Homepage:
+ https://systemd.io/
+ + Pre-built package name:
+ - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libsystemd-dev,
+ - On Red Hat distributions: systemd-devel.
+ - Other: https://repology.org/project/systemd/versions
+
For modules 'terminfo' and 'termcap':
* GNU ncurses (preferred)
or libtermcap (discouraged) or a curses library (legacy).
