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FS#79799 - [shadow] build with --enable-logind

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mike Yuan (YHNdnzj) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 20:52 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 22:13 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

To embrace the future and fix Y2038 problem, shadow 4.14 has gained `--enable-logind` build flag, and it defaults to enabled if libsystemd is present: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/757

Therefore, please add systemd-libs to makedepends().
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 22:13 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Mike Yuan (YHNdnzj) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 20:54 GMT
(makedepends -> depends)
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 21:33 GMT
To confirm shadow 4.14.0-4 was built with systemd-libs installed as transitive dependency of base-devel so the issue is limited to the missing explicit dependency?
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 21:55 GMT
From [1]:

enable logind: yes

[1] https://reproducible.archlinux.org/api/v0/builds/512075/log
Comment by Mike Yuan (YHNdnzj) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 21:59 GMT
My original observation was that the shadow package contains no binary that links to libsystemd. But after checking the source thoroughly, it seems that `su` and `login` are the only two executables involving the use of logind/utmp, both of which are provided by util-linux on Arch.

Honestly speaking, I'm no longer sure whether to list systemd-libs explicitly in makedepends. While building `libmisc` static library, logind is used, but the result would be discarded since not used. Maybe the status quo is good enough?
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 22:11 GMT
> Maybe the status quo is good enough?

Yes, I think so. namcap, find-libdeps, readelf, etc are not finding any linkage so it seems we're good. But thanks anyway for the heads-up.

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