On Sat, 23 Apr 2022, Samuel Sieb wrote:
The benefits have been well explained. The problem is that some
people
really don't like change even if it's for the better. And sometimes things
do break when changed and instead of finding out why it breaks and how to
fix, they just say how terrible the new software is and that it should never
have been used.
Nyet.
OP was not complaining about change.
OP was complaining about his inability to change his system.
OP did discover the reason.
OP discovered the reason was systemd code
apparently designed to frustrate just that change.
OP's complaint was not about systemd generally,
'twas about a single rather awful policy decision.
What would a systemd evangelist suggest as a minimal workaround?
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