> As for why systemd links against xz, I don't know, and it's a bit surprising that an init system needs compression utils It's for the journal. It can be opti

> As for why systemd links against xz, I don't know, and it's a bit surprising that an init system needs compression utils It's for the journal. It can be optionally compressed with zlib, lzma, or zstd. That library had not only the sd_notify function which sshd needed, but also several functions to manipulate the journal.