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On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> I'll come back to the links a bit later, but is policykit and its |
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> predecessor/derivatives now a mandatory part of a linux system? |
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The only mandatory component in a linux system, by definition, is the |
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Linux kernel. |
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A linux system could consist of nothing but a kernel with |
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init=/usr/local/bin/hello-world. |
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Most traditional linux distros are going to run policykit though. Of |
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course you can have a mostly-traditional distro that doesn't, at least |
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until everything wants to use dbus or whatever ends up replacing it |
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once son-of-kdbus comes along and gets accepted. |
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Rich |
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