Bug#1133417: Provide libsystemd udeb for util-linux

[Chris Hofstädtler]

Source: systemd
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-boot at lists.debian.org

Hi,

util-linux (specifically libmount) 2.42 and newer try to use the 
udev database to resolve some data. This was introduced upstream in 
this commit:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?h=8bdc2546d38979ca65fa9bfd1bbd6e7b985c69db

This new code uses various sd_* symbols. As a result, libmount 
depends on libsystemd. libmount is also used by d-i, thus libmount 
provides a udeb.

In #1132561 this was noticed, and I've temporarily disabled the new 
code in src:util-linux. However, it seems like over time we will 
need a libsystemd in d-i to satisfy such dependencies. Also the 
util-linux packaging change to support this is fugly and I'd like to 
remove it ASAP.

Please provide a libsystemd udeb so libmount (and possibly other 
things in the future) can use libsystemd.

Thanks,
Chris

PS: debian-boot@ your opinion is obviously welcome.