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Re:Broken by design: systemd by nailer on Monday February 10, 2014 @07:12AM (#7210545)
It's also because Unix doesn't generally believe in being forgiving (or, UX in general):

    someapp &

    [job 1 backgrounded]

    kill %1

    (job 1 is killed - yep, you can use kill for jobs)
Miss a percent there? You've just sent a TERM to init.
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Re:Broken by design: systemd by srd on Monday February 10, 2014 @09:10AM (#7211123)
Which won't matter if you're a normal user. If you're root - why are you using the job system to kill your jobs?
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Re:Broken by design: systemd by nailer on Monday February 10, 2014 @09:13AM (#7211139)
> If you're root - why are you using the job system to kill your jobs?

Probably because you know the features of your shell and enjoy productivity.

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Re:Broken by design: systemd by yk on Monday February 10, 2014 @11:54AM (#7212060)
Because thats a job for kill.
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