Bug#1130445: marked as done (systemd-rc-local-generator is missing)

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Thu Mar 12 09:53:23 GMT 2026


Not sure why this message was necessary or why I was in To: ...

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 10:27:42AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> 
> And there seem to be a general idea in the systemd development team that
> breaking other peoples programs and setup is ok as long as it was
> announced up front.

This is basically true for the entirety of the Linux userland...
 
> Luckily the Linux kernel development team have a different approach, as
> they believe user space programs should not need to be modified when new
> kernel versions arrive.  I believe it is part of the reason Linux is
> such success.

... as we've seen in the past, the kernel also regularly breaks 
stuff, even when they try not to, and then people often get to keep 
the pieces, too.

C.



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