Bug#1018740: debootstrap: better initialisisation of /etc/machine-id

2022-10-09 Thread Bastian Blank
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]

Bug#1018740: debootstrap: better initialisisation of /etc/machine-id

2022-08-30 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:14:54AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Holger Levsen (2022-08-29): > > So probably it would be better to either remove the file or write > > "uninitialized" into it... or support both via commandline flags :) > For anyone wanting to look into this, it doesn't seem

Bug#1018740: debootstrap: better initialisisation of /etc/machine-id

2022-08-30 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Holger Levsen (2022-08-29): > So probably it would be better to either remove the file or write > "uninitialized" into it... or support both via commandline flags :) For anyone wanting to look into this, it doesn't seem worth it to add a command line flag for this… Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois

Bug#1018740: debootstrap: better initialisisation of /etc/machine-id

2022-08-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.123+deb11u1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, after debootstrapping, /etc/machine-id has a regular machine-id as contents which seems suboptimal as its unreproducible and also, and foremost, this can have nasty side-effects... So probably it would be better to