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LFS drops support for System V, citing workload problems and upstream dependencies on systemd
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Yah! Screw them 20 line unit files. We roll with 500 line bash scripts.
/sarcasm
There are systems other than SysV and systemd...
Don't do false dichotomy.
But I responded to a comment cursing out systemd on a post about system V being dropped?
The comparison is as made because the comment brought up systemd on a post about system V.
They said fuck sysd, which is fair, I don't use it on my desktop either.
My service files are still 10-20 lines.