On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 08:25:15AM +1100, scsijon wrote: > I've been going through a number of 'linux's' lately looking for a > particular problem and it's fix (yeah, I know there are plenty out there). I > am starting to notice a fair few of the smaller 'workstation only' ones that > were systemd have / are / considering changing to Gentoo's OpenRC. I was > wondering on the lfs thoughts in general of creating at least a test build, > and how much work it would be to create. > > thanks > > scsijon
For your system, do whatever you wish. If it works better, you can tell _us_ the benefits and what needs to change ;) Seriously, the claimed benefits of systemd seem to boil down to: · doesn't need shell scripts to start things · can start things in parallel · a package might be able to include a unit which works on most distros · (possibly, dependency based - a feature of OpenRC, I suspect systemd claims this although past problem-reports for nfs have suggested poor implementation) Of those, only starting in parallel looks relevant to LFS - but dependency-based would be a good idea for a BLFS system running many complex services. For _most_ LFS/BLFS sysv systems, yes, there *is* a delay from running the scripts in sequence - ntpd is probably one of the worst "offenders", maybe followed by nfs. But we are talking perhaps 5 or 10 seconds on a boot (nothing on resume from either suspend or hibernation). I am led to believe that distro initscripts often took a lot longer. Certainly, OpenRC is dependency based. The Arch wiki has some details at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenRC ĸen -- Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boots with stiletto heels for such a barefaced truth. - Unseen Academicals -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
