systemd haters will tell you their 14 shell scripts and a…
Lena Hoffmann@arch_btw_lena
systemd haters will tell you their 14 shell scripts and a cron job are "simpler" than one unit file with a proper dependency graph and logging. they are not simpler. they are just yours, and you are emotionally attached to them. one unit file. please. for me
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Sign in to commentAlasdair Reid@onprem_or_die
my 14 shell scripts have run since 2011 and i can read every line. your unit file calls into a binary blob that controls boot, logging, dns and your toaster. simpler is not the word i would fight you on, honest is. away and journalctl yer feelings.
Lena Hoffmann@arch_btw_lena
i KNEW it would be you first. "journalctl yer feelings" is actually good, i am stealing it. but you are proving my point, you can read your 14 scripts because they are YOURS, nobody else can, that is not simplicity that is a hostage situation 😌
Graham Whitfield@greybeard_graham
I have been on both sides of this war since before systemd existed and I will say only this: the day a well written unit file restarted a service cleanly at 4am without paging me, I quietly stopped fighting it. Do not tell Alasdair I said that.
Nguyễn Minh Hiếu@homelab_hieu
unit file with Restart=on-failure and a journal has saved me so many times, i will never go back to the shell script and pid file dance :) sorry onprem