From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Max Gautier <mg@max.gautier.name>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] Makefile: use systemd-tmpfiles to create /var/lib/arpd
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:40:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240311124003.583053a6@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240311165803.62431-1-mg@max.gautier.name>
On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:57:27 +0100
Max Gautier <mg@max.gautier.name> wrote:
> Only apply on systemd systems (detected in the configure script).
> The motivation is to build distributions packages without /var to go
> towards stateless systems, see link below (TL;DR: provisionning anything
> outside of /usr on boot).
>
> The feature flag can be overridden on make invocation:
> `make USE_TMPFILES_D=n DESTDIR=<install_loc> install`
>
> Links: https://0pointer.net/blog/projects/stateless.html
Why does arpd need such hand holding, it is rarely used, maybe should just not be built.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-11 16:57 [PATCH iproute2-next] Makefile: use systemd-tmpfiles to create /var/lib/arpd Max Gautier
2024-03-11 19:40 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2024-03-11 22:28 ` Max Gautier
2024-03-12 1:30 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-03-12 8:22 ` Max Gautier
2024-03-12 21:24 ` Stephen Hemminger
2024-03-12 21:34 ` Max Gautier
2024-03-12 22:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
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