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] and bringing in > libpam-systemd actually *breaks* stuff (I don't want my network to die > every time I close the laptop lid!). That was an issue of stand-alone logind. A feature requested by sysvinit/upstart users. I've applied a fix to NM in 0.9.8.8-6 to work-around that issue. > This should clearly be a Recommends: I don't see justification to back up you statement. That said, if you want to make NM independent of systemd/logind, please contribute to [1]. If NM has runtime switchable backends, the dependency on systemd/logind could have an alternative to consolekit. Michael [0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743128 [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686997 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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