Bug#859152: libsystemd-dev: Dependency error, lib-dev should not depend on systemd
Martin Pitt
mpitt at debian.org
Fri Mar 31 06:42:03 BST 2017
Michael Biebl [2017-03-31 3:08 +0200]:
> Imo the only clean solution is to split out the tests into a separate
> package systemd-tests, which then can have a strictly versioned
> dependency on systemd (= ${binary:Version})
The systemd dependency is a good reason indeed, so I suppose let's do this at
last for buster.
> Martin wasn't overly happy with adding yet another binary, but another
> benefit would be that the 13M of test executables wouldn't be pulled in
> when installing libsystemd-dev.
For stretch I think ignoring (-X) the tests dir is acceptable, do you agree?
Martin
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