Re:Why I dislike systemd
by yellowapple on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @02:43PM
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Slackware's a bit of a peculiar case. It does indeed use /etc/rc.d in a somewhat-BSD-style manner, but there are two key differences:
* Slackware doesn't use a BSD-style /etc/rc.conf. Instead, daemons are enabled/disabled by setting the executable flag on each initscript. While this loses some of the features of /etc/rc.conf, I personally like this method better.
* Slackware doesn't include an equivalent to /etc/rc.d/rc.subr, which means there's a lot of boilerplate in its initscripts.
But yes, systemd's primary objections to shell-based init systems in general seem to stem from a limited scope.
* Slackware doesn't use a BSD-style /etc/rc.conf. Instead, daemons are enabled/disabled by setting the executable flag on each initscript. While this loses some of the features of /etc/rc.conf, I personally like this method better.
* Slackware doesn't include an equivalent to /etc/rc.d/rc.subr, which means there's a lot of boilerplate in its initscripts.
But yes, systemd's primary objections to shell-based init systems in general seem to stem from a limited scope.