Pacnew files want to remove dbus group and user?

[dastagg]

I using the archlinux-hf-2012-09-18.img.

I start up the RPi and do pacman -Syu. It updates and tells me there are 4 pacnew files: group, gshadow, passwd and shadow.

I install vim and yaourt so I can use yaourt -C to find the pacnew files and vimdiff to see the difference.

Every one of those 4 files wants to remove dbus and ntp group and user.

1) Why? Where is that coming from?
2) Just to try it, I replace all 4 files and reboot and of course there is a river of error messages re: DBUS. I just pull the plug on the RPi and re-image the SD Card.

I use ArchLinux on my laptop so I know the dbus user/group is present so I'm wondering why are the pacnews telling me to remove them?

PS: The note to edit /boot/cmdline.txt and add the cycle_delay parameter also causes a kernel panic (but this is noted elsewhere as well)

[pepedog]

I don't know why those files changed, probably upstream, so if you leave them as pacnew then no problem? That's default for me.
The install note about cycle_delay paramete is still there? I thought it was gone.

[dastagg]

I use yaourt -C and "supress" them (it deletes the .pacnew files).

I don't like to leave the .pac* files hanging around. I'm anal like that

And yes the "update" cmdline.txt message still shows up in the pacman.log.

PS. I'm trying to create a guide for beginners to install Archlinux on the RPi. I have the "Get it Up" and the "Keep it Current" sections done. Still working on the other two.

If you have time, please take a look. Comments and Critiques are welcome. The site is at:

http://valencering.com/tutorials/raspberrypi/archlinux/

[pepedog]

I'm always in favour in helping novices
How about mentioning up for history, tab for completion