[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#721347: Bug#721347: Bug#721347: systemd: wrong path for quota-related binaries

[Michael Biebl]

Am 30.08.2013 19:18, schrieb Michael Stapelberg:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> writes:
>> a/ either build-depend on the various packages, specifically quota,
>> libcap2-bin, procps, kmod, kexec-tools
>>
>> b/ patch configure.ac to use different defaults, i.e.
>> /sbin/quotacheck
>> /sbin/setcap
>> /bin/kill
>> /bin/kmod
>> /sbin/kexec
> Given that both options need to be carried along until the paths are
> unified (if ever), I’d prefer option b since then we have a patch file
> which can be clearly labeled. With option a, it would be less obvious
> why we need the additional build-dependencies. Technically, they are not
> that much different, so I’d go with option b for clarity’s sake.

I've decided to go with option b/ [1] for the simple reason that I
didn't want to install quota, kexec-tools etc on my development system.

One thing we have to keep in mind though, is keeping those defaults
up-to-date. Glancing at v207's configure.ac it has 2 new AC_PROG_PATH
checks, which we need to revisit.

Michael

[1]
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-systemd/systemd.git;a=commitdiff;h=7d0f29ed1981682546a7b581ce498801b9feb586


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