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"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@×××××.com> writes: |
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> To what degree is there parity of configuration formats between OpenRC |
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> and SystemD? Obviously there will never be any sort of parity ever for |
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> Unit files, but what about for the general parameters of the system? |
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> machine-id, locale, timezone, hostname, et cetera. |
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In OpenRC they are mostly in /etc/conf.d. How about systemd? |
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> I suppose when I refer to OpenRC, I'm really talking about Baselayout. |
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> I guess more specifically what I'm wondering is: |
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> - What is the current state of differences between config file formats |
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> and locations used for OpenRC/Baselayout and SystemD? |
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config file formats differs a lot, for OpenRC it's shell script, while |
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for SystemD Microsoft ini/XDG Desktop Entry Specification. |
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> - Is parity desirable? Are some people working on this? |
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Thought of that before, but haven't gain much motivation yet. |
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> - Are there advantages / disadvantages? Which files, for what, and |
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> why? |
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I'm not sure. |
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> Anyway, if folks have opinions or thoughts, I'd love to hear them. But |
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> this is just loose inquiry, not a pressing question for a project in |
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> motion, so don't feel compelled to exsanguinate your soul here. |
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Oh I'm scared ;) |
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