There is a reason for linking to libsystemd and it is to do with accessing the systemd type parameters that can be applied to a process.
- Craig On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 8:28 PM Klaus Ethgen <kl...@ethgen.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi Craig, > > Am Mi den 23. Nov 2016 um 23:15 schrieb Axel Beckert: > > Craig Small wrote: > > > Actually its not ps, its libsystemd that is pulling this dependency > in. ps > > > is linked to libsystemd which is in /lib and > > > $ ldd /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so | grep usr > > > liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 > (0x00007fa2cf300000) > > > > > > There is also this on the systemd bug > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843809 > > > > > > I am not sure at this point where to go, but it is either intentional > or a > > > bug, but its not ps' bug. > > > > Well, depends. I don't see a reason why a simple program like ps needs > > to be linked against libsystemd. So maybe the simple solution is to > > not link ps against libsystemd in the first place. > > I tried now with installing the devuan version which is without linking > to systemd. That works well and no problems came up. > > So, I want to endorse Axels question. There is no reason why ps (and > liprocps) should be linked against libsystemd. > > Additionally, I tried first to go back in time with procps from > snapshot, but it seems that the linkin of libsystemd seems to be long > time ago. (After jessie, although.) > > Regards > Klaus > - -- > Klaus Ethgen http://www.ethgen.ch/ > pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16 Klaus Ethgen <kl...@ethgen.ch> > Fingerprint: 85D4 CA42 952C 949B 1753 62B3 79D0 B06F 4E20 AF1C > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Charset: ISO-8859-1 > > iQGzBAEBCgAdFiEEMWF28vh4/UMJJLQEpnwKsYAZ9qwFAlg6p0gACgkQpnwKsYAZ > 9qwk2wv/VK+kxIUMQK5hEMjqKHXowwnWNlxNVqkm8rdaHAj1uiATeNzQqcS+fSGy > XfEZoIzU8C2qC9wr+vJqvAzDGbZDlaG2/ss7nIMLxXW2wiSmJfVO4UAcXmGK7LwI > JPhyb7HJPmIboz5hiKaBGIR9pI45U5BaC2v1g0ExV0E/rfLpHQqkYRvHNtYQ65Sp > pOi52qNvQg5rK9qt4GPk6uMriEtQPybiXU3m4GKnZE2D+XuTglKFDzEvM/lU2e6X > ZJkhC83QMnoxdzYayYNcbUfSiehh5bvhfc3APWw5xD+ZlwmgSgj8NJySgxmiO/OO > dYvuUHbDGbARqfRh7SAbHOQ7nK9DbMK94tWoKyG/9JI+bFn860iNg7lB2cRoP3Qd > NWmusjFtwtBuQy3jneno1rGvgAvnmH+KLUpYsDYwpD9QDkxzxaRBUawM0kRjamWu > 5wxFC/fvesdtYweQ/LonTbfP+Q7Jpy3iwv5m9+5N4nfCy/nEaoZpy5fcM2vGK/3L > MpMAi/YN > =aN1C > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
