[Pkg-acpi-devel] Bug#678524: Bug#678524: acpi-support-base: please drop dependency on consolekit

[Iustin Pop]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 01:41:53PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 03:09:33PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> > Would you please drop the dependency on consolekit from
> > acpi-support-base?
> 
> No, there is a reason why this was added. Upstream changed to ck-list-sessions
> because it seems to be the only tool working with lightdm:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/933626

This however is a bit sad. I don't use lightdm, and many of the systems
where I install acpi-support-base are headless (e.g. virtual machines).

Reading the upstream bug, it seems that instead of fixing lightdm to
properly log to wtmp, they added a much "heavier" dependency.

Now as I understand, this is an upstream decision, but it still (IMHO)
sucks. I'll reply on the upstream bug…

sad,
iustin