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Aldar
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It makes me want to cry in frustration that I... actually love SystemD, as an *init* system. But with all the crap it brings along with that core part, it just makes it so much harder for me to really enjoy! Why can't it be modular? Why can't it be broken down into independently-installable packages, with the init system as a core? Is there some sort of internal API issue? Or does mister Pottering just does not want that to happen? The Linux world has always stayed by the idea of "1 package = 1 task", and it made the system management so much easier!

But now... When I switch to SystemD from SysVInit, I get... What SysVInit did + so much more I didn't ask for... I just... Don't understand it.

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    Did you just write an entire post saying sometimes the D is more than you expect?
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    No, it was 1 binary = one function. And systems has that (mostly).

    Out of curiosity, what would you suggest separate from the "core" systemd package?
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    @sbiewald
    Not even closely.
    The command binaries are mostly just stubs that contact the core via IPC, which does everything.
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