On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 04:45:07PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzaf...@cohens.org.il> wrote: > > > That is: you don't like systemd? fine. Installing Debian without it is > > rather simple: > > https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd > > does it include removal of libsystemd0? (it doesn't). it's not as > straightforward as it's made out to be, tzafrir.
Neither it include the removal of libselinux. I am yet to hear proper technical arguments why this library should be removed. > > > In that case, all I'll have to do would be to install a few more > > packages (and maybe disable syslog logging to reduce unnecessary disk > > writes, and similar tweaks). > > i'm considering one of two options: > > (1) providing the image (a snapshot of debian/testing from before > jessie) i've been working with for a couple of years, now, as-is. if > people want to upgrade, they just do "apt-get dist-upgrade" and they > get systemd and everything else. I would rather start with a fresh install of Debian than this. > > (2) putting on angband.pl's nosystemd repositories. this is "hard > work" for me to both set up, and for others to remove (revert) just as > you say, so i am unlikely to do it... but it's an option. I would rather start with a fresh install of Debian than this. Neither of those options is a properly supported Debian system. This is not what I meant when I opted for Debian as the OS (IIRC this was also the most common option among others). I guess some of us will need to provide an alternative image of Debian with instructions on how to install it. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best tzaf...@debian.org | | friend _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
