Re: [PATCH] uuidd: use pkg-config to find systemd-deamon support

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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On Tuesday 07 January 2014 05:19:35 Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 10:55:35AM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> > >> We already have such a cyclic dependency, since udevd depends on
> > >> libblkid+libuuid, and findmnt (from util-linux) depends on libudev.
> > >> 
> > >  .. and nobody complains, good point :-) Thanks!
> > >  
> > >     Karel
> > 
> > Actually, now that I know you care about these things, I am complaining.
> > 
>  :-)))
>  :
> > It has caused me (minor) trouble once already.
> 
>  It's possible (first time) to compile util-linux without libudev,
>  compile systemd/udevd and then again recompile util-linux with
>  libudev.
> 
>  IMHO libudev is very useful for findmnt and lsblk to get info about
>  devices.
> 
>  Note that uuidd is absolutely unnecessary if you don't have huge SAP
>  installation (-- it means unnecessary for 99% of the all Linux users).

on a semi-related matter, it'd be nice if we could easily build util-linux 
such that we only get the libraries.  the plethora of configure flags that 
control utils is a nightmare to manage, and i'm not sure there's a flag for 
every utility (i haven't checked myself, so i could easily be wrong).

if that were in play, the circular loop would be easy to address -- build 
util-linux once just for its libs, then udev/systemd, then util-linux again.
-mike

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