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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch?
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:32:14
Message-Id: 3622.1374571918@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch? by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:58 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > [ snip ]
5 > > I have several things depending on consolekit:
6 > >
7 > > sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5_p20120320-r2 pulled in by:
8 > > gnome-base/gnome-control-center-3.8.3 requires sys-auth/consolekit
9 >
10 > Dependency of gnome-control-center:
11 >
12 > || ( ( app-admin/openrc-settingsd sys-auth/consolekit )
13 > >=sys-apps/systemd-31 )
14 >
15 > > gnome-base/gnome-session-3.8.2.1-r1 requires sys-auth/consolekit
16 >
17 > gnome-session:
18 >
19 > systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-183 )
20 > !systemd? ( sys-auth/consolekit )
21 >
22 > > gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.8.3-r1 requires sys-auth/consolekit
23 >
24 > gnome-shell:
25 >
26 > || ( sys-auth/consolekit >=sys-apps/systemd-31 )
27 >
28 > > sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.30 requires sys-auth/consolekit
29 >
30 > accountsservice:
31 >
32 > systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-186 )
33 > !systemd? ( sys-auth/consolekit )"
34 >
35 > > sys-auth/pambase-20120417-r2 requires
36 >
37 > pambase:
38 >
39 > consolekit? ( >=sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5_p2012[pam] )
40 > systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-44-r1[pam] )
41 >
42 >
43 > > >=sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5_p2012[pam]
44 >
45 > consolekit obviously doesn't depend on itself.
46 >
47 > > sys-auth/polkit-0.111 requires sys-auth/consolekit[policykit]
48 >
49 > polkit:
50 >
51 > pam? (
52 > systemd? ( sys-auth/pambase[systemd] )
53 > !systemd? ( sys-auth/pambase[consolekit] )
54 > )
55 >
56 > In other words, *ALL* of these packages can use systemd instead of
57 > consolekit (and in the case of pambase, both at the same time). And,
58 > as Mark already linked[1]: "ConsoleKit is currently not actively
59 > maintained. The focus has shifted to the built-in seat/user/session
60 > management of Software/systemd called systemd-loginctl", I would not
61 > really count on these packages supporting CK in the future.
62
63 So, this implies if I want to keep using gnome then systemd is required,
64 or use another desktop. That is something to think about.
65
66 --
67 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
68 How do
69 you spend it?
70
71 John Covici
72 covici@××××××××××.com

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd - are we forced to switch? "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>