On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 20.11.2013 12:48, Tom H a écrit : >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Brad Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Rob Owens <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I run a testing system that I depend on to get work done on a daily >>>> basis. I noticed today that a dist-upgrade wanted to install systemd. >>>> I've never used systemd -- is there anything to fear? For those who >>>> have installed it, does the system handle the switch from the old init >>>> scripts, or is there a lot of manual intervention and time required? >>> >>> That's interesting. I am on a sid system, and I haven't noticed systemd >>> on >>> my system. I have the support libraries: >>> >>> $ dpkg -l | grep systemd >>> ii libsystemd-daemon0:amd64 204-5 >>> amd64 systemd utility library >>> ii libsystemd-login0:amd64 204-5 >>> amd64 systemd login utility library >>> >>> I also checked a testing box, and it has the same libs. >>> >>> I also, just out of curiosity, checked apticron on both boxes, but >>> neither >>> of them has systemd on the to be installed list. Maybe a dependency on >>> something previously installed? >> >> Please don't top-post. >> >> systemd's pulled in by GNOME. > > Wrong. Every program using dbus, and they are not only GNOME ones, pulls in > systemd-login0. For example, Konsole (KDE) depends on dbus. At least on > Debian Linux.
libsystemd-login0 isn't systemd. My message was too short. What I meant was: It's GNOME that pulls in systemd so if you don't install GNOME 3.8, you'll just have libraries like the ones above and not systemd itself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szxsjhs2pwjzkcvoe27avfkuc4dur9y0__s4-amqps...@mail.gmail.com

