Am 29.05.2018 um 16:53 schrieb Matthew Richardson: > Package: systemd > Version: 238-5 > > The postinst for the systemd deb pkg contains the following: > > # Create /etc/machine-id > systemd-machine-id-setup > > This generates /etc/machine-id as the package is installed. > > However the systemd unit option ConditionFirstBoot uses the presence or > absence of this file to detect whether or not this is the first boot. > From 'man systemd.unit' > > "ConditionFirstBoot= takes a boolean argument. This condition may be > used to conditionalize units on whether the system is booting up with an > unpopulated /etc directory (specifically: an /etc with no > /etc/machine-id). This may be used to populate /etc on the first boot > after factory reset, or when a new system instance boots up for the > first time." > > Since no unit can start until after systemd is installed, and the > install always creates this file, this test will always be False which > renders this option useless.
Well, if you remove /etc/machine-id as part of your debootstrap process, then /etc/machine-id will not be present during boot. Or if you use a stateless system, then /etc might be empty as well. So the Condition still makes sense. Can you elaborate, what this bug report is supposed to achieve? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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