On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 11:26:32AM +0000, David Hare wrote:
> New to this mailing list.. Firstly, greetings everyone here and
> thanks for all the good work.
>
> I deb-packaged without libsystemd0 requirement:
>
> cups, util-linux, consolekit2, policykit, dbus, pulseaudio (for
> libpulse0, mplayer dep)
>
> I'm quite new to deb packaging from source but they seem to work OK
> here. All the above have configure options without systemd. I have
> no *systemd* but can print with cups and user shutdown is back for
> xfce menu. If this is of any use maybe someone here would like to
> test them (at own risk), inspect for flaws and what is missing or
> use just as example to build own.
>
> http://exegnulinux.net/refracta/experimental/debs-nosystemd/ .. I
> included sources where possible.

I gather this is a matter of download the deb, use dpkg, and hope
Debian doesn't come up with a newer version number, rather than
add a deb line to my sources.list.

It'll be good to see user shutdown again.

-- hendrik