why do we use systemd?

[Michael Hennebry]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, lee wrote:

> Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> writes:
>
>> On 07/06/2014 12:43 AM, lee wrote:
>>> Not even the configuration files are where they belong.
>>
>> Actually, they're exactly where they belong.  They just aren't where
>> you expect them to be.
>
> They belong under /etc, not hidden somewhere in /var.

Configuration files under /var ?
Wow.

>From The LInux Doucmentation Project,
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/var.html :
> 1.18. /var
>
> Contains *variable* data like system logging files, mail and printer spool directories, and transient and temporary files.

*Emphasis* mine.

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