Comment Re:systemd fast? (Score 1) 442
I agree that they abused "debug" in the kernel command line. Though that's a whole other can of worms, and you could argue that the term "debug" is generic, and should apply to all systems, not just the kernel. Using "kernel.debug" and "systemd.debug" would be more specific ways of flagging what system should enable debug messages on boot, and would be specific enough to avoid all the confusion that lay at the root of this problem.
The use of "nofail" here does fulfil a purpose though, even if it does cause some people headaches when changing init systems. But, like I said, this should probably be handled by the upgrade process, not by systemd itself.
If you don't want systemd to panic about a failed USB automatic mount on startup, then you have a number of options.
* Specify "noauto" in fstab
* Specify "nofail" in fstab
* Install an automount system, and delete the entry from fstab.
* Use the systemd automount feature, and delete the entry from fstab
Look, systemd is different. It's not a complete drop-in replacement for sysv init, though it can work as such 99% of the time. Accept that it can be different, and work from there. Moaning about it just makes you sound like an overprotective old man with his lawn.