[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] systemd: don't build systemd-firstboot by default

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] systemd: don't build systemd-firstboot by default

[Frank Hunleth]

systemd-firstboot is never invoked since systemd's first boot detection
logic checks whether /etc/machine-id exists. Since the file is created
automatically by systemd.mk, systemd will never detect first boot and
therefore the systemd-firstboot.service unit file will never get run.

Additionally, if /etc/machine-id is removed to allow systemd-firstboot
to run, it interactively prompts for the system locale. This makes it
seem unlikely that an embedded system would want to use it.

Signed-off-by: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth@troodon-software.com>
---
 package/systemd/Config.in | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index ddaf3e2..1aedb7b 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_COREDUMP
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_FIRSTBOOT
 	bool "enable firstboot support"
-	default y
 	help
 	  systemd-firstboot initializes the most basic system settings
 	  interactively on the first boot.
-- 
2.7.4

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] systemd: don't build systemd-firstboot by default

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:18:04 -0400, Frank Hunleth wrote:
> systemd-firstboot is never invoked since systemd's first boot detection
> logic checks whether /etc/machine-id exists. Since the file is created
> automatically by systemd.mk, systemd will never detect first boot and
> therefore the systemd-firstboot.service unit file will never get run.
> 
> Additionally, if /etc/machine-id is removed to allow systemd-firstboot
> to run, it interactively prompts for the system locale. This makes it
> seem unlikely that an embedded system would want to use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth@troodon-software.com>
> ---
>  package/systemd/Config.in | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Since none of the people interested in systemd have replied to your
patch, and your commit log looked sensible, I applied it to master.

Thanks!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com