[OE-core] Should systemd be marked as incompatible with musl?

Khem Raj raj.khem at gmail.com
Fri May 24 16:13:08 UTC 2019



On 5/24/19 3:12 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 07:16:53PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> ...
>> but I think dropping
>> systemd support completely from musl is not an option I would like to go
>> with, there are cases where this makes sense. Especially when you have to
>> cater to different set of devices from small to big, userspace remaining
>> same is big advantage atleast in the world I am in.
>> ...
> 
> That's a good point - when arguing against systemd as default init system.
> 
> systemd is bigger than glibc, therefore on very small systems where the
> size of the C library matters using systemd is usually not an option.
> 

Yes, design-wise I concur, in practice, desktop distros rule the linux 
world and systemd is quite prevalent there, so sometimes you have to 
wear the shoes of same color, atleast thats what I see. apps want to run 
uniformly on both OE and non-OE systems

> cu
> Adrian
> 


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