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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-systemd-only deprecation
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:37:08
Message-Id: ktbatj$ui0$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-systemd-only deprecation by Tanstaafl
1 On 31/07/13 18:26, Tanstaafl wrote:
2 > On 2013-07-31 11:20 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> If you don't use the systemd USE flag (and never install anything that
4 >> depends on systemd), you will not get systemd installed, but many
5 >> packages will install systemd unit files in /urs/lib/systemd/system.
6 >> This unit files are little non-executable files which do nothing in
7 >> your system, but some people feel really strongly about having
8 >> anything in their machines with *systemd* in its path. If you want to
9 >> exorcise those unit files, add /usr/lib/systemd/system to
10 >> INSTALL_MASK.
11 >
12 > Ok, thanks Canek... but my last question remains... if this really is
13 > going to be the only and one true way to opt out of systemd, shouldn't
14 > this be well documented in the man page, as opposed to just generic
15 > references to masking 'files'...?
16
17 Actually, this isn't how you opt out of systemd. You do that by having
18 "-systemd" in your USE flags. Just because the unit files are present
19 doesn't mean you're now using systemd.