From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:57:36 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: add packaging hints for distributions
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doc: add packaging hints for distributions

* PACKAGING: New file.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add it.
---

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2ea7ab936b..19675a3873 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =				\
   .version				\
   .vg-suppressions			\
   DEPENDENCIES				\
+  PACKAGING				\
   README-install			\
   THANKS.in				\
   THANKS-to-translators			\
diff --git a/PACKAGING b/PACKAGING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7af607b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PACKAGING
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Packaging hints for binary package distributors
+===============================================
+
+Although the source of the GNU coreutils package comes as a single package,
+we recommend that for distributions that support systemd, in binary packages
+the installed files be split into two packages:
+
+   coreutils
+        Contents: Programs for most purposes.
+        Audience: Normal users, programmers, system administrators.
+        Dependencies: no libsystemd.
+
+   coreutils-multiuser
+        Contents: Programs for multi-user functionality, namely
+                  'who', 'users', 'pinky', and optionally 'uptime'.
+        Audience: System administrators.
+        Dependencies: requires libsystemd.
+
+Reference: https://bugs.debian.org/1142500