On 03/03/2013 08:43 PM, Matt Burgess wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 13:28 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
>> I don't understand what machine-id is, but if it changes with something
>> (e.g. boot), then the entry in /etc should be a symlink to /var. If's
>> it's constant after creation (e.g. /etc/sshd/ keys), then the entry in
>> /var should be a symlink to /etc.
>
>>From 'man 5 machine-id' on my Fedora box:
>
> The /etc/machine-id file contains the unique machine id of the local
> system that is set during installation...
>
> The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during system
> installation and stays constant for all subsequent boots. Optionally,
> for stateless systems it is generated during runtime at boot if it is
> found to be empty.
>
> As for what uses it, and why, I'm still not quite sure.
>
> BUt now I've got to figure out why an LFS build doesn't generate/install
> that man page!
For all man pages, libxslt and docbook-{xml,xsl} are needed.
>
> Pierre, r10187 should fix up the systemd install/post-install tagging.
> If there's anything else causing package management issues, just let me
> know, and I'll be happy to fix them up.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt.
>
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