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Is there any reason for not using Arch repos?

I know that the base repo from Arch has many apps relying on systemd which would probably cause problems. But as for the other repos, is there a reason not to use them? I was looking for Wayland DE and Enlightenment popped up. It's only available in Arch repos so if there is a good reason why I shouldn't add them, I won't be using Enlightenment. But if there's not, then I will consider using it instead.

Re: Is there any reason for not using Arch repos?

Reply #1 –
Check the PKGBUILD of the Arch package to see if it depends on systemd.

An alternative would be to compile from source, which gives you the option to not include systemd support.
 

Re: Is there any reason for not using Arch repos?

Reply #2 –
There isnt a real reason, if you know that you have to check some things.

I dont use many packages from the Arch repos (only 3-4 ones).

But it is a good advise, to check the summary what pacman wants to install. If you see it wants to install systemd, you should check wich packages want that (and the nice guys from artix and other, have maybe already systemd free alternatives created wich you can find mostly on AUR. mullvad-openrc for example).

You could block the installation of systemd in pacman.conf too, but that is only a rescue net if you overlooked something.

But like always, and everything in life: it is your own risk, and task to double check.