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GNOME has had systemd as a hard dependency since 2012: it uses systemd-logind and a few other systemd services for its basic functionality. systemd is only avai

by jstanek 11y ago

GNOME has had systemd as a hard dependency since 2012: it uses systemd-logind and a few other systemd services for its basic functionality. systemd is only available on Linux systems, therefore it's a pretty great achievement to get it running on OpenBSD.

brynet 11y ago
OpenBSD's port of GNOME3 does not rely on systemd at all.
- Narishma 11y ago
  I don't think he said otherwise.
  - jdub 11y ago
    The poster said "hard dependency". This is false.
    - yarrel 11y ago
      It's true. I love unsupported assertion day!
    - bandrami 11y ago
      The unpatched GNOME post 3.12 or so does have a hard dependency, which is why platforms like OpenBSD or Slackware have to patch. If it requires a patch to work around, it's a hard dependency.
javert 11y ago
Thanks. Just the kind of explanation I was looking for.
peveechi 11y ago
That sounds a bit misleading. I remember running Gnome 3.2/3.4 in 2012, while still using SysV init. I'm not sure whether logind or ConsoleKit was used, but the init system (what most people associate with the name "systemd") was definitely not the one from systemd.