Bug#758119: dnsmasq: fails to start under systemd when dbus is not installed

[Michael Biebl]

Am 14.08.2014 14:57, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 14.08.2014 14:30, schrieb Paul Wise:
>> On Thu, 2014-08-14 at 14:15 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>
>>> fwiw, we are using "User:
>>> pkg-systemd-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org" since a while now.
>>
>> Ah, there are still some bugs with the old user, sorry. BTW archived
>> bugs can now have their usertags altered so that could be fixed.
>>
>>> Hm, it seems dnsmasq requires dbus in any case, even when running under
>>> sysvinit or upstart. So I don't understand the alternative dependency
>>> you suggest. Afaics, dnsmasq should simply add a Depends on dbus?
>>
>> As far as I can tell, dnsmasq doesn't need dbus under sysvinit, not sure
>> about upstart though.
> 
> Hm, right. It seems so use --enable-dbus when being run under systemd.
> 
> You've proposed: Depends: dbus | sysvinit-core | upstart
> 
> But even with sysvinit-core installed, one can boot using the
> init=/bin/systemd command line.
> So maybe a simple: Recommend: dbus is better?
> 
> I'm also inclined to just make systemd depend or at least recommend
> dbus, seeing [1]
> 
> Michael
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758111
> 

After some more discussion on #debian-systemd, we decided to make
systemd recommend dbus.
After all, when unprivileged users use systemctl, a dbus system bus is
required and apparently we also need it for [1]




-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 819 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-systemd-maintainers/attachments/20140814/49c4ef4e/attachment-0002.sig>