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		bhaney on April 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announc... You must absolutely despise libc

Xeamek on April 30, 2024 | [–]

The difference is that I can solve libc dependency at comp time (statically linked against it), while systemd dependencies require runtime support.

lmm on April 30, 2024 | [–]

libc has multiple independent implementations, if you don't like one you can switch to another. Software that hard-depends on a specific libc is indeed to be despised.

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