Re: [gentoo-user] sys-power/upower with systemd

[Marc Joliet]

Am Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:39:13 -0400
schrieb gottlieb@×××.edu:

> I think I had first misinterpreted the news msg, but want to be sure I
> do understand it correctly now.
>
> The message ends with
>
>   All non-systemd users are recommended to choose between:
>   # emerge --oneshot --noreplace 'sys-power/upower-pm-utils'
>   or
>   # emerge --oneshot --noreplace '>=sys-power/upower-0.99.0'
>   However, all systemd users are recommended to stay with sys-power/upower.
>
> I first read "stay with sys-power/upower" to mean systemd users should
> NOT do any of the two options for non-systemd users and let portage "do
> its thing".  However, portage want to replace upower with
> upower-pm-utils, which I am pretty sure is not intended for systemd
> users.
>
> Is the proper reading of the news message, that the systemd users should
> use the second option available for non-systemd users?  Specifically am
> I to execute
>
>     # emerge --oneshot --noreplace '>=sys-power/upower-0.99.0'
>
> ?

Um, personally, I think the message is extremely clear: non-systemd users
should choose between the first two options, and systemd users should just
stick with plain upower, regardless of version (although there is only one
ATM, the older one is masked now).

> thanks in advance,
> allan
>

HTH
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