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Add a table of system dependencies with minimum versions #348

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This documents and enforces minimum requirements for C library dependencies. At the moment versions were picked from debian bookworm (debian stable since 2023-06), except blkid (util-linux) where 2.40.1 is required: #347

libaio is excluded because it doesn't provide a pkg-config file.

Also remove libscrypt from debian/control since we use the libsodium implementation.

This documents and enforces minimum requirements for C library
dependencies.  At the moment versions were picked from debian bookworm
(debian stable since 2023-06), except blkid (util-linux) where 2.40.1
is required:
koverstreet#347

libaio is excluded because it doesn't provide a pkg-config file.

Also remove libscrypt from debian/control since we use the libsodium
implementation.
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g2p commented Oct 28, 2024

Can someone with nix fu require blkid 2.40.1 in flake.nix?

Edit: actually it needs to be updated in nixpkgs:

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g2p commented Oct 28, 2024

Currently blocked on NixOS/nixpkgs#333467
Or, alternatively, on util-linux/util-linux#3013

2.40.1 is still a soft requirement as format will refuse
to run without a flag.

nixpkgs requiring macOS compatibility of util-linux is a questionable
choice.

See:
- NixOS/nixpkgs#333467
- util-linux/util-linux#3013

Rationale for picking blkid 2.39.3:
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.39/v2.39.3-ReleaseNotes
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g2p commented Oct 28, 2024

Worked around by lowering the blkid requirement to something nixpkgs has. There's still a safeguard against actually formatting using an outdated blkid.

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