[arch-general] What can be deleted, when not using systemd - was: polkit package upgrade patch

[Kevin Chadwick]

> I would be surprised if a systemd-based system requires more resources
> than a sysvinit-based one, but that is of course something one would
> have to measure for each particular use-case.
> 

How about an init script that creates proc and sys, two devices via
mknod and runs one server or a shell such as in any embedded basic
example.

My favourite init is still OpenBSDs single /etc/rc script that utilises
the minimum number of easily followed, edited (though discouraged) and
understood inclusions to make administration practical.


> There are lots of systemd-based embedded systems cropping up (the
> embedded world seems more excited about sysntemd than the desktop
> world). The aim of systemd is to work on anything from embedded, via
> desktop to servers.

You are actually talking about a fraction of embedded, which is the
mobile phone world. In truly embedded cheap instant on devices,
udev/mdev (dynamic dev) even can be seen as something that slows down
the boot and makes it less reliable than using mknod in a short init
script. To reiterate an example some people hope linux will run on a
cheap toaster.

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