[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#739699: Bug#739699: Set capabilities for systemd-detect-virt

[Michael Stapelberg]

Hi Tollef,

Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at err.no> writes:
>> > Tollef, are you ok with having a hard dep on libcap2-bin in systemd?
>> > I'm still a bit undecided myself.
>> Consider the list of reverse dependencies, specifically
>> iputils-ping (!):
>
> Hmm, seems like it should have its priority raised, then.  It's optional
> and iputils-ping is important.
I just double-checked before filing the bug to raise the priority, and I
realized that iputils-ping only declares a Recommends, not a Depends.

> I'd rather not do this, since we should then also have a trigger that
> fires when libcap2-bin is installed, which just begs for things to go
> wrong.
>
> I say we just depend on libcap2-bin (and possibly file a bug to get its
> priority raised).
Given that iputils-ping doesn’t (yet!) Depend on libcap2-bin after all,
do you still think we should follow that path? After raising the
Priority, both iputils-ping and systemd could Depend on libcap2-bin.

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Best regards,
Michael