On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 10:18:11AM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 19:59 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > > > From man:machine-id(5):
> > >
> > > +---
> > > > The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during
>
On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 20:01 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> Is the use case mirrored installations, thin clients with identical
> disks, cloud installations, or what?
It's easier to handle with configuration management if one just has to
ship the same configuration file to all systems.
One
On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 19:59 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > > From man:machine-id(5):
> >
> > +---
> > > The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during
> > > system installation or first boot and stays constant for all
>
[Ansgar]
>> What would be the advantage ?
>
> No host-specific configuration would be required for popcon. One can
> just install an identical popularity-contest.conf on several machines
> instead of having to deal with a host-specific setting (MY_HOSTID).
Is the use case mirrored installations,
On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-07-13 at 18:26 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 12:05:49AM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > > Package: popularity-contest
> > > Version: 1.73
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > It would be nice if it was not
On Wed, 2022-07-13 at 18:26 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 12:05:49AM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> > Package: popularity-contest
> > Version: 1.73
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > It would be nice if it was not required to have host-specific data
> > in
> > the configuration file
On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 12:05:49AM +0200, Ansgar wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Version: 1.73
> Severity: wishlist
>
> It would be nice if it was not required to have host-specific data in
> the configuration file (MY_HOSTID).
> If no MY_HOSTID is specified, popularity-contest could for
Package: popularity-contest
Version: 1.73
Severity: wishlist
It would be nice if it was not required to have host-specific data in
the configuration file (MY_HOSTID).
If no MY_HOSTID is specified, popularity-contest could for example
generate an application-specific MY_HOSTID from the machine-id
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