Control: tags -1 patch Simon,
Thanks for highlighting this. Surprisingly (to me, at least) and contrary to the upstream documentation, removing Build-Depends: dbus seems to make no difference to the packages: $ debdiff ./elogind_255.17-1debian2.dsc ./elogind_255.17-1debian3.dsc diff -Nru elogind-255.17/debian/changelog elogind-255.17/debian/changelog --- elogind-255.17/debian/changelog 2025-04-02 08:39:17.000000000 +0100 +++ elogind-255.17/debian/changelog 2025-12-12 09:09:33.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +elogind (255.17-1debian3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * d/control: Build-Depends drop dbus. (Closes: #1122564) + + -- Mark Hindley <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:09:33 +0000 + elogind (255.17-1debian2) unstable; urgency=medium * d/control: diff -Nru elogind-255.17/debian/control elogind-255.17/debian/control --- elogind-255.17/debian/control 2025-04-02 08:39:17.000000000 +0100 +++ elogind-255.17/debian/control 2025-12-12 09:09:33.000000000 +0000 @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ libselinux1-dev, libmount-dev, libglib2.0-dev <!nocheck>, - dbus (>= 1.9.14) <!nocheck>, Package: elogind Section: admin + debdiff ./elogind_255.17-1debian2_amd64.changes ./elogind_255.17-1debian3_amd64.changes File lists identical (after any substitutions) Control files of package elogind: lines which differ (wdiff format) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: [-255.17-1debian2-] {+255.17-1debian3+} Control files of package libelogind0: lines which differ (wdiff format) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: [-255.17-1debian2-] {+255.17-1debian3+} Control files of package libpam-elogind: lines which differ (wdiff format) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depends: libc6 (>= 2.39), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), elogind (= [-255.17-1debian2),-] {+255.17-1debian3),+} libpam-runtime Provides: logind (= [-255.17-1debian2)-] {+255.17-1debian3)+} Version: [-255.17-1debian2-] {+255.17-1debian3+} I also notice the existing (255.17-1debian2) buildlog has Features enabled : ACL, SELinux, SMACK, efi, polkit, utmp disabled : AUDIT, xenctrl, dbus, glib, debug elogind, debug hashmap, debug mmap cache, debug siphash, trace logging, slow tests, install tests, coverage, static-libelogind Looking in meson.build, the dbus dependency that is tested in dbus-1. This sets HAVE_DBUS, but I don't see that being used anywhere. So, my inclination is that this is cruft that can safely be dropped. As for the runtime dependency, the current default-dbus-system-bus, dbus-broker, requires systemd-sysv and is therefore not installable with elogind. On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > If the intention of this dependency is "this package needs a working > D-Bus system bus, whatever implementation Debian prefers at the moment", > consider replacing the runtime Depends on dbus with: > default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus Here, apt would fall back dbus-system-bus, ie dbus. So nothing is gained in the short-term. Do you see a longer term benefit? Thanks and best wishes Mark
