Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org> writes: > Le lundi 22 juillet 2013 à 10:45 +0200, Gergely Nagy a écrit : >> systemd being installed does not mean it will be used as init. The >> package happens to contain a few tools the GNOME Shell needs, that is >> all, to the best of my knowledge. It's a harmless dependency if you >> don't use systemd, one that is only "scary" on paper. > > If you don’t use systemd, logind will be non-functional, and you lose > all features that require the system to know who is logged on what. Such > as shutting down the system, mounting USB devices, and so on.
Ah, I didn't know that. That does sound considerably scarier than I thought. (Mind you, I am using systemd.) Thanks for the clarification! -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ehaqnbai.fsf@algernon.balabit