Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

Wed Oct 22 20:48:43 UTC 2014

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:35:51 -0000, David Ford said:

> into a common bus. not everything in systemd is a requirement to run it.
> just because a unit is offered for dhcp or ntp, doesn't mean you are
> required to use it.

Actually, systemd 216 will cram systemd-timesyncd down your throat even
if you had ntpd installed.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136905
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2014-September/msg00002.html

Lennart's attitude was pretty much "why would anybody want to run ntpd
when they have our SNTP implementation":

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-August/022537.html

There's been similar issues with their dhcp.
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