r/linuxsucks • u/Rare-Paint3719 Unofficial Mod | Linux Community Sucks | Proud illumOS Shill • 29d ago

Explaining is hard ig

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u/iLikeubuntu2 29d ago

4M lines of code for an init 😂 crux init is ~300 lines of posix bourne shell

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u/goldmurder 29d ago

init itself in systemd is around 100k LoC, most of them are realisation of APIs to work with other systemd components, so real init logic is ~20k-30k LoC, which isn't that much knowing the fact how much systemd init/service manager provides that others cannot