> No, when you're referring to what Debian package require in order to be
installed, you're talking about packages. Compiling is not even involved in
that process.
When did I mention Debian packages? I have only ever been talking here about
compilation of software from source. I repeat, I am *not* talking about
maintenance or installation of pre-compiled binary packages of any kind. If
you think that, then clearly we have been talking about two different things.
The rest of what you've said, I already know and is frankly irrelevant,
because you continue with your incorrect assumption that I am talking about
binary packages, which I have now clarified several times that I am not.
Answer me this one point then: are you claiming that the configure script
that is contained in most source packages, which is run before compiling the
source code into binary (i.e. before running 'make'), does not check for
which packages/libraries are installed and then pass instructions to the
compiler, to tell it which libraries to link to?
I repeat my earlier statement: I should not have to download ANY part of
systemd in order to check if systemd is installed on my machine, prior to
compiling the source code for a package that may optionally depend on it.
