On Jul 21, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Pierre Schmitz wrote:

Did you even bother to read what Tom wrote? You can still use your old rc.conf. It is just recommend to use the new config files instead. This makes using initscripts and systemd in parallel easier. And there are not 9k config files but three.

I've read what Tom wrote both here and in the man page, and he's talking about the ArchLinux /etc/rc.conf as "the old way" and people being "gently pushed" toward using the new configuration files. In my experience, that's a step on the road toward deprecation and non-support. For those of us who are well served by the rc.conf way of doing things, this could be a cause of concern, and now seems like an appropriate time to speak up. I would prefer to run systemd as little as possible. A central config file and reasonably transparent init system fit my case much better. -Sam