On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:39:16PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: > I'm still running Squeeze for a while longer before I finally upgrade to > Wheezy - want to let it shake out a bit before taking the plunge. :-) > > A question that I've been pondering for a while now: Is the > avahi-daemon *really* needed?
I've disabled it, and haven't needed it. Here's more on what it's for: http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/avahi-daemon So it seems you'd only need it if you want auto-discovery for printers and other devices on your network. You should be able to disable it with: update-rc.d avahi-daemon disable This leaves it installed, to satisfy the dependencies you're seeing, but causes it not to start when you reboot. To stop it before rebooting: service avahi-daemon stop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523204656.GA29320@tuzo
