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systemd is just fine on Arch without this patch. It's not a systemd issue, it's a larger cultural issue with packagers increasing attack surface to make their
by streb-lo 3y ago
systemd is just fine on Arch without this patch.
It's not a systemd issue, it's a larger cultural issue with packagers increasing attack surface to make their lives easier.
- b112 3y agoIt absolutely, positively, 100% was added due to issues with systemd. Both Redhat and Debian and others applied this patch as a result. People didn't do it "just cause". https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381997 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381997 Jakub Jelen 2016-10-12 08:40:44 UTC <snip> > Why do you want to avoid sd_notify()? Why to avoid this? Well, it is adding more systemd-specific bits and new build dependency to something that always worked well under other inits without any problems for years.
- streb-lo 3y agoThey chose the worst solution to a problem that had multiple better solutions because of a pre-existing patch was the easiest path forward. That’s exactly what I’m talking about.