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Bug#1018740: debootstrap: better initialisisation of /etc/machine-id



On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 10:52:07PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> So probably it would be better to either remove the file or write "uninitialized"
> into it... or support both via commandline flags :)

Actually debootstrap must write it as _empty_, to avoid running into
first boot setup.[1]  Only a tool who knows what comes next can actually
write "uninitialized" into it.

Bastian

[1]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/machine-id.html
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