From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7897E59CAF for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 001C221C095; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f170.google.com (mail-ig0-f170.google.com [209.85.213.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BA4D21C006 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f170.google.com with SMTP id kb1so37917307igb.0 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:02:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to; bh=jqaob3WiSmpwWmU/w2AdilaAHNM7u3xuEPYz9GDINsY=; b=cKr7fwmNueSQEoY1ZLqFNTESjARDwzc05KOSE7ULk7ZWcukV9NvJsF2SgmhtZE7Mqc 2X2LpicOMgQFGX51KT6Xq9MTVDtSc/l2RBoquu7arxM+EvdQsd1kyMgThIXvJYoqRc7m LLIkxXKl2FWKtVp2D/GSZOn5Ssbqm6BCXPVGwS8aI7iIZ5YIYZEukkqarPBpRvMBNRyB X27f3mcgpDV+3Q7uPfTmqZlpaIuvphJh9NiJKYC24GAiFwuwGJ/0Hjx0WL5knedwVfX9 TZ/KzOOl8TzsVPbD0eT067jlVR8YPPb+0DpMpSE1XGGd1AmX7W7QC40k4qMN0VC2eYC0 pIgg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=jqaob3WiSmpwWmU/w2AdilaAHNM7u3xuEPYz9GDINsY=; b=CZ3IbahVxNp4fY1wGEdMBl6GYCU0rLhWY6VvnLeDCMEPDYUP+X8awuV0pbCQ2TW7eP IZTya28T9qrS4rzQm1XSzDr4/LD/ofWowj2nJhgylI+RWz61ksklaNWD2J3Cxw0O0DRg HBYNqU//otUioT9MBJZhDbJbsIf43wcm47Dv2GGhA0zpoopCOkU8vZcK0ksgeZPbNa8j JMxK8IaSaVXb2AlXeLUHGRukzJa0kY2wIDjjMCsE9Hn42Po3zkRxHGLgxU3H0kGY8FLw H9KHrGQnqzIqE0Q2XL+QcywEYGL/bhu+0ulUOOznOhnuZuKdB24UOTEbkVP1j8daSBAy j7Kw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJu61j1u0h1sH+dSiv2/uXcGwEuDWeDz6MDvnBwec6wM6W0qWxhVdB3EQYZnua27VU1RpVPHjGSThaisQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.79.200 with SMTP id l8mr3850644igx.75.1460127733165; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.52.72 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:02:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5707C144.2090004@iee.org> References: <5707191B.7060909@gmail.com> <57071AF6.7060206@iee.org> <5707be2c.0af3ca0a.86e6c.ffffef69@mx.google.com> <5707C144.2090004@iee.org> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:02:12 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: G9wSOwHYMWYFvoFmC-GgVO6ThiI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] usr merge From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 6e27a046-c2bf-4ec3-92ec-8f7fc0730df6 X-Archives-Hash: 662e2e141b88225ffc875dc4ad634771 On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, M. J. Everitt wrote: > I'll come back to the links a bit later, but is policykit and its > predecessor/derivatives now a mandatory part of a linux system? > The only mandatory component in a linux system, by definition, is the Linux kernel. A linux system could consist of nothing but a kernel with init=/usr/local/bin/hello-world. Most traditional linux distros are going to run policykit though. Of course you can have a mostly-traditional distro that doesn't, at least until everything wants to use dbus or whatever ends up replacing it once son-of-kdbus comes along and gets accepted. -- Rich