Re: [PATCH v3] classes/image-postproc-extension: Remove /etc/machine-id

[Anton Mikanovich <amikan@ilbers.de>]

20.04.2022 16:00, Quirin Gylstorff wrote:
> From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
>
> In a read-only system the machine id should be deleted or
> set to `unitialized\n`[1].
>
> Systemd will generate a new machine-id during the first boot.
> In the case of a read-only root file system Systemd generates a mount point with
> the machine id. If an overlay for /etc is used this creates a mount conflict.
> To avoid the conflict between the overlay filesystem and systemd /etc/machine-id
> mount point deleted the file /etc/machine-id.
>
>
> This partly reverts 98d6a72d3064. The man page[2] was updated for Debian Bullseye to
> allow a missing machine id. For Debian Bullseye it reads:
>
> ```
> For operating system images which are created once and used on multiple machines,
> for example for containers or in the cloud, /etc/machine-id should be either missing
> or an empty file in the generic file system image
> ```
>
> [1]: https://systemd.io/BUILDING_IMAGES/
> [2]: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/systemd/machine-id.5.en.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>

Applied to next, thanks.