[OE-core] [PATCH] systemd-compat-units: drop machineid.service

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Wed Dec 18 16:39:41 UTC 2013


On 18 December 2013 15:42, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
> ... every boot you get a new machine ID and hence a new journal ID, which sucks. We can debate if that sucks more or less than having duplicate machine IDs across the boards on your desk :)

In the spirit of Linux we can make this a choice, though something
like a systemd postinst that can optionally write a machine ID to
/etc.  If enabled, the rootfs will get a machine ID at construction
time.

Ross



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