@smb the concrete problem this was solving was happening with an armhf device running Ubuntu Core. UC assertions were not validated and a system user could not be created if there was no network (no date update). Not sure if this was breaking the system even if later you connected the device.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1696981 Title: fixrtc is ineffective when there is no battery for the RTC Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When there is no battery for the RTC, fixrtc is not able to find a good enough date. To fix the clock, this script is using the last time the root filesystem was mounted, but as that is done before there is any network, and as after a reboot/poweroff the RTC time is always reset (because time is not kept due to lack of battery), the mount time will never be good. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1696981/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
