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For the lazy, link to the github discussion: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33349

I was going to make a stupid joke but the first answer did it better: "Home is temporary, David, for we are mere mortals"



What an outrageous (and yet, predictable) response by the first systemd developer trying to WONTFIX it (not even to the extent of adding a note in the man page): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33349#issuecomment...

> So an option that is literally documented as saying "all files and directories created by a tmpfiles.d/ entry will be deleted", that you knew nothing about, sounded like a "good idea"? Did you even go and look what tmpfiles.d entries you had beforehand? > > Maybe don't just run random commands that you know nothing about, while ignoring what the documentation tells you? Just a thought eh

Even Poettering isn't down with that.


Ah, the usual:

- obscure command names

- data loss by default

- blaming the user

There is a reason many are not quite happy to embrace this wonderful ecosystem.


When Lennart is telling you to not be a dick then you know you've really fucked up




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