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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More systemdCrap
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:04:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:21:25 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> ... they decided to not implement deletion or filtering of the contents
> inside the files.

The file format (including some design goals) is documented here
<https://systemd.io/JOURNAL_FILE_FORMAT/>. Note the feature point
“Primarily append-based, hence robust to corruption”.

Yes there are file formats that allow record deletion, while being
resistant to corruption. They’re called “databases”. And they’re a
bit more complex.

systemd gets a whole lot of flak for being some supposed “huge
monolith” as it is
<http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html>. Imagine if
they had included a full database format on top of that.