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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:55:15 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> You seem to know systemd reasonably well - maybe you've got it |
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> installed and you're using it. Please tell me whether my suspicion |
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> above (that systemd builds stuff into the system that is likely to be |
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> superfluous to a user, and possibly forces its use on its users) is well |
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> founded. |
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Of course it does, any collection of utilities is bound to include stuff |
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you don't need. This includes systemd as well as the likes of coreutils |
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and util-linux. The number of programs that you are forced to use after |
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installation is exactly zero, although most people that install systemd |
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do so because they want to use at least part of it, and are happy using |
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the parts they want. For example, I'm happy with systemd's network |
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management and time sync tools so I use them. I find systemd timers |
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unnecessarily complex for my needs so I stick with cron for that. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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