From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun Jan 17 03:33:03 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B804D9550 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mouf.net (mouf.net [IPv6:2607:fc50:0:4400:216:3eff:fe69:33b3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mouf.net", Issuer "mouf.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DJL8t6nq4z3r1y for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from lrrr.mouf.net (cpe-76-182-16-135.nc.res.rr.com [76.182.16.135]) (authenticated bits=0) by mouf.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id 10H3Weof023050 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:32:49 GMT (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Subject: Re: Removing sysutils/polkit dependency from sysutils/libudisks? To: Pau Amma , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: From: Steve Wills Message-ID: Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:32:34 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mouf.net [199.48.129.64]); Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:32:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=4.5 tests=KHOP_HELO_FCRDNS, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mouf.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mouf.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DJL8t6nq4z3r1y X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:2607:fc50::/36, country:US]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:33:03 -0000 Hi, On 1/15/21 5:45 AM, Pau Amma wrote: > Several months ago, someone (swills@ IIRC) asked me to look into > removing the sysutils/polkit dependency from sysutils/libudisks which I > maintain. I just had a chance to look at that request and it would > require at least removing the udisksctl utility from the default options > and possibly removing it from the build altogether. However, its > presence in the default options was expressly requested in > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240138#c18 when I was > initially porting libudisks. Is the request for removal still relevant? > I think it was made with an eye toward removing sysutils/polkit > altogether. If it is relevant, does it warrant removing udisksctl, which > I found useful for port smoke testing and troubleshooting, in addition > to the reasons for its presence listed in the Bugzilla comment linked > above? Personally, I'm still very much of the opinion that the less polkit is used the better. Steve