Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late

c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/27/26 10:22, Marc Haber wrote:
>> c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>    Look at MX and a few others ... the start-up options
>>>    allow you to run a systemd or sysV version.
>> 
>> I am very interested in knowing who wastes weeks of their lifetime to
>> write initscripts for Debian packages. Those people must be real
>> fanatics.
>
>   Hey, we NEED those fanatics !
>
>   A good init script is worth its weight in gold.

A good systemd unit needs a tenth of the time and does more. I have
NEVER seen an init scrip that even tried to reach the security level
that is possible with 80 lines of systemd unit code. And that is not
even counting the time needed by building chroots and keeping them
current.

>   READ one sometime ... dozens, hundreds, of steps
>   and checks and tweaks just to install one stupid
>   little utility. The energy/skill to do ALL that
>   by hand from memory ... it barely exists.

And it has always been a waste of human time.

Greetings
Marc
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