Bug#968379: wireshark-common: versioned dependency on libsystemd0 breaks installability with elogind

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:

> > As a workaround you can use equivs to install a dummy package that
> > Provides: libsystemd0 (99:99) to satisfy wireshark-common's

> I would have expected such a dummy package to be provided in the 

No, this does not belong into the distribution. Because the
dependency comes from dpkg-shlibdeps it’s also fully correct.
Missing symbols may cause trouble.

libelogind0 actually *does* implement much of libsystemd0’s ABI.
Just wait for the new version.

bye,
//mirabilos
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