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Comment by 🌙 dmoonfire

Re: "Nixpkgs without systemd"

In: s/Nix-NixOs

I'm guessing because they had to pick one otherwise testing and support would be overwhelming. and systems handles most of the problems in a space that a lot if existing services already support (though telling Ceph not to use systems on Nix was fun).

systemd also handles the reloading that makes nixos-rebuild useful.

...otherwise testing and support of two or more init/mounting/service infrastructures would be...

🌙 dmoonfire

2023-07-12 · 7 months ago

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🌒 s/Nix-NixOs

Nixpkgs without systemd — What would have to be done to make Nixpkgs init-system agnostic? In other words, why is systemd a dependency for Nixpkgs?

💬 DocEdelgas · 1 comment · 2 likes · 2023-07-11 · 7 months ago