Changeset bb4bb1db

Timestamp:

03/24/2023 07:48:27 AM (6 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.0, kea, lazarus, lxqt, qt5new, trunk, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

30b01dbd

Parents:

0945dd2d

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (03/22/2023 04:43:58 PM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (03/24/2023 07:48:27 AM)

Message:

systemd: PAM is not strictly required, but also something "higher than recommended"

Make PAM recommended and add a big note about it.

File:

• general/sysutils/systemd.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/sysutils/systemd.xml

@@ -89 +89 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">systemd Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required">
-      <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>
-    </para>
-
-    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended Runtime Dependency</bridgehead>
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        <xref linkend='linux-pam'/> is not strictly required to build
+        <application>systemd</application>, but the main reason to rebuild
+        <application>systemd</application> in BLFS (it's already built in
+        LFS anyway) is for the <command>systemd-logind</command> daemon and
+        the
+        <filename class='libraryfile'>pam_systemd.so</filename> PAM module.
+        <xref linkend='linux-pam'/> is required for them.  All packages in
+        BLFS book with a dependency on <application>systemd</application>
+        expects it has been rebuilt with <xref linkend='linux-pam'/>.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     <para role="recommended">
-      <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit"/>
+      <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and
+      <xref role="runtime" linkend="polkit"/> (runtime)
     </para>