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--- a/Avoid_systemd_on_Debian_Jessie_with_Mate.mdwn
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@@ -123,11 +123,34 @@ In addition, new packages *systemd-shim*, *cgmanager* (it launches a
 daemon) and some dependencies have been installed on your system.
 
 The following figure shows the dependencies between some packages in
 daemon) and some dependencies have been installed on your system.
 
 The following figure shows the dependencies between some packages in

-our new configuration. *mate-power-manager* may not be an installed
-package on a desktop machine.
+our new configuration.

 
 [[!img dep-systemd.png size=600x]]
 
 
 [[!img dep-systemd.png size=600x]]
 

+## Debian Jessie with Mate, SysV init and *consolekit*
+
+*mate-power-manager* may not be installed on your host (it's mostly a laptop thing). 
+In that case, you can skip that section.
+
+Exploring the packages dependencies in
+[aptitude](https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude) gives you the following
+alternative set of packages dependencies:
+
+[[!img dep-consolekit.png size=600x]]
+
+where package *consolekit* replaces *systemd* at several
+places. Notice that it is not possible to change/suppress the
+dependency of *udisks2* and *policykit-1*.
+
+So let's go to change to the above figure by installing *consolekit* [^3],
+as a first step to limit your systemd exposure.
+
+[^3]: In the process of installing *consolekit*, you may have lost (or
+not) the ability to resume/suspend from your Mate desktop; the
+conditions under which it happens are not clear for me at the
+moment. But continuing until the end what I suggest in this article
+will recover eventually that functionality.
+

 ## Debian Jessie with Mate, SysV init and a modified *libpam-systemd*
 
 As *libpam-systemd* is the only package left depending on *systemd*,
 ## Debian Jessie with Mate, SysV init and a modified *libpam-systemd*
 
 As *libpam-systemd* is the only package left depending on *systemd*,


@@ -149,19 +172,19 @@ contradicts the claim to systemd "modularity").
 For your convenience, all of the source files and the .deb package
 (for i386) are here:
 
 For your convenience, all of the source files and the .deb package
 (for i386) are here:
 

- [[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.dsc]]
-
-[[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.changes]]
+[[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.dsc]]

 
 [[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.tar.gz]]
 
 
 [[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.tar.gz]]
 

+[[systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.changes]]
+

 [[libpam-systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.deb]]
 
 If you have installed the needed development packages, it's easy to
 rebuild file "libpam-systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.deb" with these
 simple commands:
 
 [[libpam-systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.deb]]
 
 If you have installed the needed development packages, it's easy to
 rebuild file "libpam-systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1_i386.deb" with these
 simple commands:
 

-    # the 3 source files have to be downloaded in your current working directory
+    # the 2 source files have to be downloaded in your current working directory

     dpkg-source -x systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.dsc
     cd systemd-215
     dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
     dpkg-source -x systemd_215-17+deb8u7bu1.dsc
     cd systemd-215
     dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot