Bug#968484: wireshark hard-wired to libsystemd0?
Juliusz Chroboczek
jch at irif.fr
Wed Nov 11 15:45:14 GMT 2020
Due to this issue, I've just spent 40 minutes of my life determining
Wireshark's dependencies and compiling it from source. In case it helps:
- use Wireshark 3.2.8, not the latest stable;
- you don't need to install, Wireshark works fine from the build directory.
I do feel some nostalgia for the olden times, when using Debian still
meant you could request a package and get the dependencies resolved
automatically.
> Why on earth would a network traffic analyzer depend on system init?
If you maintain any sort of free software nowadays, you'll spend
a non-negligible amount of time summarily closing pull requests that add
a gratuitious dependency on libsystemd. It's not a conspiracy, the kids
doing that act in good faith, they really mean to help improve the ecosystem.
-- Juliusz "Grumpy Old Man" Chroboczek
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