Bug#947807: systemd: can't install systemd when /etc/machine-id is a symbolic link to /dev/null

[Michael Biebl]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

Am 31.12.19 um 01:28 schrieb Joshua:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 241-7~deb10u2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> /etc/machine-id should not be used on workstations anymore due to privacy reasons.

That's your opinion but not a recommendation of the Debian project or
systemd maintainers.

 The way to
> disable it was announced as rm /etc/machine-id ; ln -s /dev/null /etc/machine-id at the time.

Announced by whom and where exactly?

> systemd's configuration script can't handle it.

Please provide verbose logs from commands you used and the exact error
messages.

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