On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 10:52:07PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > So probably it would be better to either remove the file or write > "uninitialized" > into it... or support both via commandline flags :)
Actually debootstrap must write it as _empty_, to avoid running into first boot setup.[1] Only a tool who knows what comes next can actually write "uninitialized" into it. Bastian [1]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/machine-id.html -- "We have the right to survive!" "Not by killing others." -- Deela and Kirk, "Wink of An Eye", stardate 5710.5