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Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support by NekkoDroid on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @03:35PM (#46891315)
> Systemd for some reason seems to uniquely be the epicenter of giant facepalm bugs like LEAVING THE SYSTEM FIRMWARE VULNERABLE TO AN RM -RF COMMAND

I am very sorry to inform you but efivarfs is something coming from the Linux kernel. Being able to rm -rf it is squarely something that is entirely on the kernel implementation, WHICH THE AUTHOR OF EFIVARFS EVEN ADMITS[0]

[0]: https://lwn.net/Articles/978640/

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Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support by its_magic on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:31PM (#46895704)
Thanks for the correction. Yes, I have my bone to pick with the Linux kernel too on many different fronts.

#facepalm

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