[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#727016: Systemd upgrade restored deleted configuration file

[Michael Biebl]

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Am 21.10.2013 17:07, schrieb John Williams:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:43:33 +0200
> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> 

>> We'd have to mangle the conffiles manually to achieve that, but I'm a
>> bit worried about the possible side effects.
>> I assume symlinks aren't conffiles for a reason.
> 
> Maybe "postinst" could create the link on initial installation, but not
> on an upgrade?

Yeah, that would be an option.

> Would it help if I named my modified file getty at tty1.service ?
> 
> Maybe there's a better way of logging myself in automatically ?

I haven't tested this, but you could try masking getty at tty1.service with
"sudo systemctl mask getty at tty1.service" and then hook up your
autologin at tty1.service in getty.target.wants


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