[arch-general] systemd transition on virtual server - help needed

[Tom Gundersen]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 09.10.2012 20:34, schrieb Florian Bruhin:
>> At the point there's an upgrade with systemd replacing sysvinit.
>> I'd add systemd and systemd-sysvcompat to IgnorePkg in
>> /etc/pacman.conf and hope.
>
> Bad idea. initscripts require the systemd package, even when you don't
> run systemd itself.
>
> There are no immediate plans to drop the initscripts and sysvinit
> packages - and there will be an announcement before that.

Just don't install systemd-sysvcompat, no need to hold back the systemd package.

-t