I didn't realise I was replying only to Robert, and I believe it might be still useful to somebody here, despite it has been already said several times in the last few months.
My2Cents KatolaZ ----- Forwarded message from KatolaZ <[email protected]> ----- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:56:52 +0100 From: KatolaZ <[email protected]> To: Robert Storey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Dng] Ubuntu 14.04, systemd by stealth User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 04:48:32AM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > Hello all. As I've mentioned once or twice in the past, I'm currently > running Ubuntu 14.04, which is not the latest release but is a "long-term > support" release. It is/was systemd-free, which is the main reason why I've > been running it. Previously, I was using Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), > which as the name implies, is based on Debian. However, an "upgrade" > resulted in LMDE becoming systemd-infected, which is why I switched to > Ubuntu. > > Well, guess what? This morning I click on the "software update" icon, and I > see Ubuntu downloading first udev, followed by systemd-daemon. I quickly > stopped the download before the virus could install. I rebooted, and > checked, and I'm OK - no systemd installed. So I was saved at the last > second. > > However, this sneaky "systemd by stealth" technique is now in Ubuntu, as it > was in Debian Testing. It's getting harder and harder to avoid systemd. > > So no more "updates" for me. I'm at the end of the line for Ubuntu. Devuan > cannot come soon enough! > You should still be able to avoid any stealth upgrade to systemd by pinning systemd to -1, which is done e.g. by adding: Package: systemd Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: -1 in one of the files inside /etc/apt/preferences.d/ (just create one called "systemd", if you don't have any, and then put that stuff in there). My2Cents KatolaZ -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
