[arch-general] What can be deleted, when not using systemd - was: polkit package upgrade patch

[Leonid Isaev]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:15:32 +0200
"Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:56:33 +0200, Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Heiko Baums <lists at baums-on-web.de>
> >> /usr/lib/systemd/system
> >
> > Why don't you just delete the things you don't want?
> 
> When not using systemd, is it ok to delete /usr/lib/systemd completely?
> Is it ok to replace libsystemd (or what ever is installed by dependencies)  
> with a dummy-package? I'm not booted to Arch yet, so I don't know what  
> exactly is installed.
> 
> IMO dummy-packages are the best choice, if possible.
> 
> E.g. regarding to pulseaudio the package  
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48718 isn't maintained anymore.  
> I never used it, but directly build a pulseaudio dummy package, but IIRC  
> libpulse still must be installed. Why should somebody maintain a package,  
> when dummy packages does the same job?
> 
> However, it's not that easy to know what is and what isn't needed.

Look, you don't _have_ to use pacman to manage software. As I said elsewhere,
dependencies on pulse, lirc, etc. are there for a reason. If you disagree
with this reason, file a bugreport. But using dummy packages is just cheating. 

> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 
> 
> 



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