Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd - are we forced to switch?

["Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM,  <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:04 AM, András Csányi <sayusi.ando@sayusi.hu> wrote:
>> > On 23 July 2013 08:54, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 23/07/13 08:43, Samuli Suominen wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On 23/07/13 00:46, Mark David Dumlao wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This would be a lot less of an issue if someone just wrote a logind
>> >>>> ebuild (wink wink) that provides consolekit like it was originally
>> >>>> intended.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> not possible, logind since systemd >= 205 requires systemd and won't
>> >>> work on openrc, upstart, and such
>> >>> as in, the idea of using logind outside of systemd is a dead end
>> >>>
>> >>> so keeping ConsoleKit in portage for long as it works for long as we
>> >>> need openrc for Linux based systems
>> >>> and when it no longer works, the contingency plan is to ship vendor
>> >>> based polkit files that possibly either restore 'plugdev' group or
>> >>> provide similar groups to ArchLinux like 'network', 'storage', 'power'
>> >>> to split up the old 'plugdev'
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Wouldn't it be better to switch to systemd instead?
>> >
>> > Is there a migration guide? According to google there is no any. (or I
>> > haven't spend enough time to search)
>>
>> You have the wiki:
>>
>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd
>>
>> I believe it covers the most important aspects of the migration. Also,
>> it is so much easier now; we even have a stable version on systemd in
>> the tree.
>
> Couldn't emerge systemd its blocked by udev -- did a google search, but
> found some very confusing posts to do with static-libs.

systemd *is* udev; they are the same package. Uninstall the Gentoo
packaging of udev (which basically strips systemd), install systemd,
and it includes the official udev.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México