[artix-general] Request to devs: can pcsclite be built with the option -D polkit=false

[Javier]

Hello !

It so happens when using seatd and not polkit *pcsclite* as it is currently built doesn't allow yubikeys to work as a non root user.  I just did what void, which supports both seatd and polkit do, to build *pcslite* with the *-D polkit=false* option, and now I can use my yubikey as non root flawlessly.

Here it's my patch:

> % diff -Naur pcsclite.old/ pcsclite/
> diff -Naur pcsclite.old/PKGBUILD pcsclite/PKGBUILD
> --- pcsclite.old/PKGBUILD       2025-04-02 13:49:23.000000000 -0600
> +++ pcsclite/PKGBUILD   2025-05-15 20:54:33.275892038 -0600
> @@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
>  )
>  depends=(
>    'libudev.so'
> -  'libpolkit-gobject-1.so'
>  )
>  makedepends=(
>    'git'
>    'meson'
> -  'polkit'
>    'udev'
>  )
>  optdepends=(
> @@ -48,7 +46,7 @@
>    local meson_options=(
>      -D libsystemd=false
>      -D libudev=true
> -    -D polkit=true
> +    -D polkit=false
>      -D serial=true
>    )
>    artix-meson PCSC build "${meson_options[@]}" 

I also, as the void package template do, removed polkit make and run time dependencies.

I might be mistaken, but I believe this should work when using both seatd and polkit, since as mentioned void supports both seatd and polkit.  According to *meson_options.txt*:

> option('polkit',
>   type : 'boolean',
>   description : 'Use polkit to enforce access control')

I don't know if that makes polkit require udev rules or not.  But as the package is built, even with udev rules there's no way to get *pcsclite* fully work as non user (one might get ykman with udev rules, but browser wouldn't recognize the yubikey at all).  It's only until it gets built with *-D polkit=false* that things truly work for seatd.

Thanks a lot !

-- 
Javier