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Instead of writing init scripts (that are far too often done wrong compared to what some lunatics say "ITS SIMPLE", even by big software packages) you just put
by ilyt 3y ago
Instead of writing init scripts (that are far too often done wrong compared to what some lunatics say "ITS SIMPLE", even by big software packages) you just put like 5-10 lines in a text file (hell, aside from boilerplate/info about service you need like... one in many cases)
How's that "extinguising" anything?
- nerdponx 3y agoIt's not, but they also never "embraced" the old init scripts either, they just supported it for backward compatibility. That said, there are a lot of legitimate grievances out there against Systemd. But it has little to do with using unit files instead of scripts.
- ilyt 3y agoyeah like journalctl and especially its unfortunate useless binary format