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LFS drops support for System V, citing workload problems and upstream dependencies on systemd (lists.linuxfromscratch.org)

submitted 1 day ago by PenguinJazz@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It sucks to hear that a project like LFS is forced to drop System V support. I never was a fan of systemd, so this is a bit dissapointing, albeit understandable.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Wow, that surprises me. I did LFS with Sys-V (didn't continue to use it after I set up X11 as I couldn't be bothered with package maintenance/mostly did it as an exercise rather than for the sake of the finished system) and found it a fun project.

I wonder how many LFS users use GNOME or something that depends on systemd...