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> But system init is a hard, complex problem. It's not. Read the shell scripts that openbsd uses to init. Simple, straightforward, easy to understand.
by generalizations 5y ago
> But system init is a hard, complex problem.
It's not. Read the shell scripts that openbsd uses to init. Simple, straightforward, easy to understand.
- ageofzfarm 5y agoThe complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent. I read your comment more as a tribute to the excellent work of the OpenBSD team than a denial of the thesis of the complexity of the init process.
- generalizations 5y ago> The complexity is buried in the huge work the OpenBSD devs make to keep the kernel and the base system small, elegant and consistent. >> You can’t create a simple solution for that, since there is an inherent complexity. They didn't bury the complexity, they removed it. And I agree, that's hard to do. It'd be nice if the systemd folks put in the same effort to remove the complexity from their system.