Systemd is very annoying -- how can I disable timers for updatedb etc?

I deleted /usr/bib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/updatedb.timer and touched the file to prevent its recreation after an update.
But the updatedb job kept running still. BTW, I have no job in /etc/anacrontab.
Now I delete /usr/bib/systemd/system/updatedb.timer and /usr/bib/systemd/system/updatedb.service and symbol link them to /dev/null. I do not know whether it will work or not yet.
The design philosophy for systemd seems broken. Why would many packages create lots of services and timer files and most of them are just one command line? the systemd timer functionality is already provided by cron perfectly.
If we disable some targets by removing, A package update will restore them. So the only way is to leave empty stubs there. Isn't it cumbersome?
Any suggestion?
Thanks.
Last edited by spoony1971 (2014-05-05 16:51:08)

see https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail … 26044.html
And timers are enable/disabled/stated/stopped the same way as systemd service files.
This also does not belong is community contributions.
Last edited by SolarBoyMatt (2014-05-05 16:58:54)

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