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Re:Running systemd without systemd-journald by Arch-TK on Sunday June 19, 2022 @04:08PM (#31802926)
The systemd man pages are a book. And, just for avoidance of doubt, that's not a good thing. I am never surprised when someone can't find out how to configure systemd to do what they want. It's just too enterprise grade.
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Re:Running systemd without systemd-journald by dark-star on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:46AM (#31807863)
journald.conf(5) is ~2500 words and ~230 lines on a terminal 130 chars wide. Not exactly a book. systemd-journald(8) is ~220 lines and systemd(1) is ~750 lines. Big? yes. But nothing compared to some other man-pages (ever tried `man gcc` or `man bash`?)

People complain about how bad or non-existing Linux's man-pages are compared to the BSDs, and then systemd comes along with a really extensive and well-written set of manpages and people complain that it's too much

Can't make everyone happy I guess...

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