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Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me...

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me...
Date 2019-01-19 06:07 +0100
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On 19/01/2019 05.56, William Unruh wrote:
> On 2019-01-19, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 19/01/2019 00.02, William Unruh wrote:
>>> On 2019-01-18, Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2019-01-18, Queequeg <queequeg@trust.no1> wrote:
>>>>> In comp.os.linux.misc F. Russell <fr@random.info> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For a personal workstation systemd is a TOTALLY UNNECESSARY and
>>>>>> massive layer of pure junk.  Anyone stupid enough to accept it
>>>>>> will reject all counterarguments for its usefulness.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm still wondering what was the reason for replacing sysvinit with 
>>>>> systemd in default Debian installations despite users' protests.
>>>>
>>>> Because systemd is better...
>>>
>>> Of course the discussion is over what the definition of "better" is. 
>>> Fron what I have read there are various advantages and disadvantages of
>>> systemd. Faster boot because of parallel booting,
>>
>> openSUSE had parallel booting with initd. Clear dependencies.
>>
>>> easier to make the booting of subsystem A depend
>>> on the state of B,C,D. 
>>> logging is incomprehensible binary database file which requires a
>>> separate program to read.
>>
>> You can use traditional log files if you wish, or dump the journal to
>> text later.
> 
> Sure as long as you have a  TB disk just for booting. (Yes, I exagerate
> a little bit but to have two parallel log systems is not exactly
> efficient.)

Then disable the journal. I do sometimes.
If not, you can limit the size of the journal, or limit it to the
current boot. Plenty of alternatives.

> 
>>
>>> systemd boot programs binary programs which
>>> are hard to either understand or change. Dependencies hard to
>>> understand. 
>>
>> Services are defined by simple configuration files easy to change. No
>> need to debug boot scripts.
> 
> Well, simple may also be in the eyes of the beholder, and when the boot
> file does not do what you want it to, configuration files are almost
> never enough. Or do you really believe Pottinger thought of all
> possibilites?

I did not say that I understand all those files ;-)

> 
>>
>>> So, better or worse may well depend on one's point of view.
>>
>> Yes.
>>


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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This is what good old systemd has done to me... Ike <Ike@google.com> - 2019-01-13 15:23 -0600
  Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-01-13 22:39 +0000
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Ike" <Ike@google.com> - 2019-01-13 18:28 -0600
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 02:08 +0100
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Tech Systems" <querry@tci.com> - 2019-01-14 06:52 -0600
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 15:50 +0100
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-14 16:09 +0000
            Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-01-14 19:35 +0100
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2019-01-15 00:05 +0100
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-01-19 08:33 -0500
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-01-14 14:00 +0100
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Tech Systems" <querry@tci.com> - 2019-01-14 07:07 -0600
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 15:53 +0100
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Tech Systems" <querry@tci.com> - 2019-01-14 09:53 -0600
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-01-14 18:37 +0100
            Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 19:53 +0100
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-01-14 13:08 +0000
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2019-01-14 08:35 -0600
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 15:53 +0100
  Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-13 17:46 -0500
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Ike" <Ike@google.com> - 2019-01-13 18:30 -0600
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2019-01-15 00:03 +0100
  Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-13 23:50 +0100
  Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-01-14 01:02 +0000
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... bad sector <forgetski@postit_INVALID_.gov> - 2019-01-13 20:14 -0500
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-01-14 01:21 +0000
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-14 07:05 +0100
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 13:25 +0100
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-14 20:00 +0100
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-14 20:39 +0100
            Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-14 21:15 +0100
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Tech Systems <querry@tci.com> - 2019-01-14 07:00 -0600
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-14 19:51 +0000
    Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-01-18 11:42 +0000
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-18 11:59 +0000
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2019-01-20 18:04 +0200
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-01-18 14:24 +0000
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2019-01-18 09:23 -0600
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-01-18 15:26 +0000
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-01-18 19:14 +0000
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-19 10:07 +0100
      Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-01-18 19:16 +0000
        Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-01-18 23:02 +0000
          Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-19 05:43 +0100
            Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-01-19 04:56 +0000
              Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-19 06:07 +0100
            Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-19 10:24 +0100
              Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-01-19 14:39 +0100
                Re: This is what good old systemd has done to me... "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-01-19 20:57 +0100
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