== Summary == I noticed that when updating the LXC package to 6.x on my very minimal Gentoo install (used exclusively as a container host), emerge wanted to pull in sys-apps/dbus. == Expected behavior == LXC 5.x ebuilds did not RDEPEND on dbus and due to this my system had not previously needed the dbus package/service. == Actual behavior == When emerging >=app-containers/lxc-6.0.0-r1, dbus gets pulled in as a dependency, despite not being required previously. == Proposed solution == What I found in LXC release notes and announcements indicated that LXC 6.x switched to using libdbus for dbus communication with systemd, instead of libsystemd. I suspect that app-containers/lxc only needs to RDEPEND on dbus if the systemd USE flag is set, and the dependency might not be needed for OpenRC installs. Unfortunately I'm unsure if I have the technical knowledge to verify this and make the necessary changes. So I would appreciate if someone could help verify my theory and if correct, apply the necessary changes to the ebuild or elsewhere. If I've understood ebuild files correctly this propbably means changing "sys-apps/dbus" to "systemd? ( sys-apps/dbus )". I'm unsure if this would require updating any build scripts or service files as well. == References == ref. LXC 6.x release announcement (Section titled "Switched from systemd’s dbus to dbus-1". I am unable to add a link due to posting from a newly created account)
I've most likely accidentally tested this on openrc with -Ddbus=true set on, which then always links to dbus. Maybe I originally typoed the condition always enabling it or something. I now re-tested and it's optional. Pushing an updated -r2 ebuild which I will stabilize in a week to give time for systemd users to test it.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b3923e6675e2fb19224e6476f564f8ec00a23f84 commit b3923e6675e2fb19224e6476f564f8ec00a23f84 Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-05-08 06:45:28 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-05-08 06:46:42 +0000 app-containers/lxc: move dbus dependency under 'systemd' use flag Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/931509 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> app-containers/lxc/lxc-6.0.0-r2.ebuild | 172 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 172 insertions(+)
