On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 02:35:33PM -0700, Scott Lawrence wrote: > A little OT (hence changed subject), but I've sometimes wondered - > shouldn't it be possible to create a "stub" version of libdbus, > libconsolekit, et al that does nothing but the least necessary to > get the calling program working correctly? With dynamic linking, > such libraries would be installed in place of those bloated messes > and result in a nicely-running system even for programs that have > hard-coded dependencies on dbus and the rest? > > It's admittedly not the cleanest solution (better to remove those > dependencies altogether), but I think it would be a pretty useful > hack to "back-port" such software to cleaner systems. > > Is there a good technical reason why this is impossible or impractical? In some cases that will work, but not always. You can also replace some daemons with symlinks to /bin/true. But it's messy. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
