On 2016-08-27 at 06:26, Andrew Shadura wrote: > On 27 August 2016 at 10:33, Dmitry Bogatov <kact...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> Like compat package, which provides libsystemd.a static library >> and headers, that mirrors interface of libsystemd. This library >> would forward call to actual libsystemd, if it exists and return >> error, if it does not. >> >> Probably, this method can be used with other libraries, like >> libaudit or libdbus. > > You're going to be surprised to learn such library exists. > > It is called libsystemd.
There is one minor/cosmetic downside of libsystemd as currently provided, however: the apt-listchanges changelog. The only '*systemd*' package which I have installed is libsystemd0. However, whenever I dist-upgrade (which is at least weekly if not daily, against testing) and a new version of libsystemd0 gets installed, apt-listchanges shows me what appears to be the changelog for the systemd source package - which rarely (if ever) includes anything about changes which seem to relate to libsystemd0 itself, only to the larger suite of programs for which it serves as a stub layer. Having to wade through that frequently fairly large list, just on the off-chance there's anything which will affect code that's actually being changed on my system, is a pain. (It's actually worse than that, because this would happen even if I also removed libsystemd0; this same systemd-source-package(?) changelog appears to be displayed on upgrades of _udev_, for no apparent reason beyond udev now apparently(?) being maintained as part of that same umbrella suite of software - and indeed, changes to udev _are_ sometimes mentioned in the 'systemd' changelog and apparently are not mentioned elsewhere, which means I do need to wade through that changelog in case anything relevant is mentioned. IMO this level of integration between things which are not mutually interdependent is a minor bug in itself, but none of the maintainers are going to agree with me on that.) -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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