Bug#823322: please build "systemd-sysusers" binary

[Michael Biebl]

Hi

Am 06.06.2016 um 09:34 schrieb Luca BRUNO:
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 21:58:54 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> 
>> Am 05.06.2016 um 17:59 schrieb Dmitry Smirnov:
>>> Could we introduce raw "systemd-sysusers" binary ASAP to fix "rkt" please?
>>
>> The size is a concern, and we mentioned this before.
>> This really is a wishlist bug, so bumping the severity is not justified.
> 
> In a previous follow-up I proposed an alternative if size bloat is a concern:
> adding "systemd-sysusers" to the "systemd-container" binary package (possibly 
> without enabling it).
> 
> Are there other downsides wrt this approach?

I don't really think systemd-sysusers fits the scope of the
systemd-container package and a separate binary package for
systemd-sysusers seems like overkill.

Now, regarding my concerns: The size increase is one (which will affect
everyone if we ship it s part of the systemd package).
More importantly, enabling a new feature means we'll have to support it
in the future as people will eventually make use of it.
So we better have a good reason to turn it on.
Maybe I missed it, but I haven't quite understood yet, why rkt has a
hard (and not a soft) depenency on systemd-sysusers. The upstream bug
report that was referenced earlier wasn't really enlightening in that
regard.

As for the bug severity ping pong: sorry for that, this wasn't really
necessary and is just off-putting. In the end it doesn't really change
anything though in the issue at hand.

Michael



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