[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#744114: Bug#744114: Has an unnecessary hard dependency on systemd stuff

[Frank Gevaerts]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:14:46AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 10.04.2014 12:23, schrieb Frank Gevaerts:
> > Package: network-manager
> > Version: 0.9.8.8-5
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > There's *no* reason for the libpam-systemd dependency to be a hard Depends:
> > Network Manager works just fine for me without it, 
> 
> You need a valid logind context if you want to use NetworkManager as
> unprivileged user. See e.g. [0]

That's possible, but using NetworkManager as an unprivileged user is
merely one usecase. I only use system connections, and everything
clearly works as expected for me *without* libpam-systemd.

> > This should clearly be a Recommends:
> 
> I don't see justification to back up you statement.

See above.


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