Hi, I am not sure if setting the compile time defaults is possible but in general distributions should ship their configuration in /usr/... and end users should make their adjustments in /etc/...
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024, 12:30 Max Gautier <m...@max.gautier.name> wrote: > Hi, > > journald.conf (as well as other components) in the systemd source tree > has the following mention (emphasis mine): > > # **Entries in this file show the compile time defaults**. Local > configuration > # should be created by either modifying this file (or a copy of it placed > in > # /etc/ if the original file is shipped in /usr/), or by creating > "drop-ins" in > # the /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/ directory. The latter is generally > # recommended. Defaults can be restored by simply deleting the main > # configuration file and all drop-ins located in /etc/. > > However, I cannot find a knob to use to change that default > configuration in meson_options or by looking through src/journal and > grepping. > Should distributions simply use drop-ins in > /usr/lib/systemd/journald.conf.d/ ? (for journald). It's not that it's > hard, but the wording seems to imply that "primary" distributors (aka > the one compiling systemd) should defined compile-time defaults, and > /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d should be for overriding that. > > Am I missing documentation somewhere ? > > Thanks > > -- > Max Gautier >
