[bug#51972] [PATCH core-updates-frozen] gnu: elogind: Revert changes to polkit build time detection.

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/patches/elogind-revert-polkit-detection.patch:
> Add it.
> * gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm (elogind): Use it.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

[...]

> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/elogind-revert-polkit-detection.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +From 715ce0a6459e418f92e74c7ce52df3244c18f383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Sven Eden <sven.eden@prydeworx.com>
> +Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 08:40:08 +0100
> +Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Disable polkit support if libpolkit is not installed"
> +
> +This reverts commit 1194dec4f8f2d1b8bd14e1625f34418ecfce817e.
> +
> +Removing polkit support with -Dpolkit=auto when libpolkit is not
> +installed, removes the whole interface. This makes it impossible to
> +add polkit support as a runtime dependency.
> +
> +Bug: #167
> +Closes: #206

Could you explain what user-visible bug that fixes?

I suppose commit abc9a9b74549016bc749392d3cecf86386286145 by Timothy
this morning did not put an end to our polkit problems, right?

(Double-checking because this will lead us to rebuild many things yet
another time…)

Thanks,
Ludo’.