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From: Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org
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Subject: Re: Faking a TTY on a pipe/socketpair
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 10:28:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 20:45:36 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wibbled:
>On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 08:19:46 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 02:11:04 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wibbled:
>>>
>>>On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 08:34:30 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Linux is far closer to the unix philosphy (ignoring systemd) ...
>>>
>>>Which “unix philosophy” would that be?
>> 
>> The one where init does a single task instead of spreading itself
>> throughout the system ...
>
>What “single task” did init do?

Boot the system to usable state. You can't have that without filesystems,
terminals or other important system daemons running.