the first one that i found was the 'cups' package - it is required by 'posix' and depends on 'systemd' - this will need to be resolved, so that 'posix' can be installed on nonsystemd systems

redmine user 'lake' reported a related conflict on the forum

lake - exactly what was the command that you typed, which exposed the conflict?

bill-auger - The command was pacstrap /mnt xorg-server.

could you try this command instead:

# pacstrap /mnt xorg-server elogind

Looks like that worked.