> I'd suggest an application-specific UUID incorporating the hostname. I expect that ZoL will remove or disable the hostid check when Illumos implements the Multi Reader Protection feature, or something like it for HA configurations. The behavior in question is a nonessential holdover from Solaris that fits poorly into Linux systems.
When I wrote commit 0d54dcb5 to improve /etc/hostid handling on Debian, which was quoted earlier, we briefly discussed using the /var/lib/dbus/machine-id file instead, but decided that it wasn't worthwhile because it wouldn't solve the underlying problem. That said, I still don't understand the issue that is motivating this discussion. Changing the return of hostid() after initial system configuration will break a non-zero number of systems running legacy software, and status quo has been okay with existing users since forever. -- Darik Horn <dajh...@vanadac.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capbcu1myqhjkzycuretybgcluanlasmha9c6e0rsgcq-9hc...@mail.gmail.com
