On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't understand "Eliminate the daemons one by one from rc.conf. Start > with dbus, which systemd handles very well without any action from you > at all". How can I upgrade, but keep a running system? I believe that post was making the assumption that you switched to systemd. If you do not wish to switch to systemd yet, then no action is required. See [0] for some details. > "69switch_xorg.conf" e.g. is a script that switch between 2 xorg.conf > regarding to the kernel I boot. If I remove all "daemons" from rc.conf, > have I then to set up systemd? In order to use systemd (after the upgrade), either append init=/bin/systemd to your kernel commandline or install systemd-sysvcompat (which will conflict with sysvinit). If you do not, then you'll stay with initscripts. > Can I simply say "no" regarding to > > :: Replace libsystemd with core/systemd? [Y/n] n > :: Replace systemd-tools with core/systemd? [Y/n] n > > but say yes regarding to No, partial upgrades will not work well (as always). Though, as I mentioned, saying "yes" does not really mean anything unless you actively switch on systemd. HTH, Tom [0]: <http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2012-August/023469.html>
