T9245: podman: add libsystemd-dev to enable automatic health checks

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Change summary

Add libsystemd-dev to the Podman build dependencies so the systemd build tag is enabled.

Without it, Podman health checks can be configured and run manually, but are not scheduled automatically.

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Code style update (formatting, renaming)
• Refactoring (no functional changes)
• Migration from an old Vyatta component to vyos-1x, please link to related PR inside obsoleted component
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Related Task(s)

https://vyos.dev/T9245

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Relevant review context

• T9245 reports Podman 5.8.4 on VyOS 2026.08.22-0013 leaving health checks in starting; manual checks succeed, but no Podman health-check timers are created.
• The reported cause is that Podman was built without its systemd build tag. Adding libsystemd-dev is proposed to allow hack/systemd_tag.sh to enable it.
• Journald support in conmon does not prove Podman itself has systemd support, since conmon may be linked to libsystemd independently.
• The task references an upstream Podman PR addressing health checks for non-systemd builds, confirming the observed behavior is related to scheduler support.
• T9245 remains open and is currently in the “Need Triage” column.

🔇 Additional comments (1)

scripts/package-build/podman/package.toml (1)

197-198: LGTM!

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated Podman package build requirements to include the systemd development library.

Walkthrough

The Podman package build now declares libsystemd-dev as a build dependency.

Changes

Podman package build

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build dependency declaration scripts/package-build/podman/package.toml:197-198	Adds libsystemd-dev to the Podman package build dependencies.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fb99f

This localized dependency change enables automatic Podman health-check scheduling; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Podman build dependency change and its purpose of enabling automatic health checks.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately explains the dependency change, its effect on Podman health checks, and its relation to task T9245.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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