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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by orra on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @05:17AM (#36504139)
Sequential start-up is unnecessarily slow.

Startup is ultimately a complex problem. There is no magic, just race conditions which maybe became more apparent. LVM may or may not be used, and takes time to start up. Do you wait for it? Ditto wireless networks. And how do you handle devices being hotplugged? Setups vary widely, and can be dynamic.

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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by hulitu on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:45PM (#36512339)
> Startup is ultimately a complex problem

??

Mount filesystem, start networking, start networking daemons, update crappy gtk stuff, run rc.local.

What is so complex ?

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Re:OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like sy... by JdeBP on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:07AM (#36517334)
Apparently, for starters, knowing when rc.local is to be run.

It was run in the middle of rc, not at the end; as pointed out in the OpenBSD manual.

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