Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 09:39:51 -0500 From: Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org> To: "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@freebsd.org> Cc: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 62a149bf6219 - main - Add new rc: machine_id to generate /etc/machine-id Message-ID: <20230109143951.txy43nin5yv3qkym@ubertino.local> In-Reply-To: <CAOshKtcDFTcZd7ZxELdhzKF6UhhLD83iSEAC3=Bkj7AiAk_eiA@mail.gmail.com> References: <202212231636.2BNGaluc012056@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <876513140.46.1671814393751@mailrelay> <CAOshKtcDFTcZd7ZxELdhzKF6UhhLD83iSEAC3=Bkj7AiAk_eiA@mail.gmail.com>
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--zqyeodljvg72wwdr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2022-12-24 at 03:39 EST, Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@freebsd.org> wrote: >Moin moin > >I think it tries to solve the same problem of giving the machine a unique = id. > >>From the linux man page [1] > > The machine ID does not change based on local or network=20 > configuration or when hardware is replaced. Due to this and its=20 > greater length, it is a more useful replacement for the=20 > gethostid(3) call that POSIX specifies. > Does this make or should it make hostid obsolete? If yes, then changes are needed to deorbit hostid. If not, why not? Thanks, Matteo --zqyeodljvg72wwdr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJHBAABCgAxFiEEa9uKZL0hP4E8Nl5vGwL9SVQlVQEFAmO8JzETGGhrcHM6Ly9w Z3AubWl0LmVkdQAKCRAbAv1JVCVVAXdgEADQ1EpXv0AqZry007CmQwTWRhUPUo+J d5S0WvXNY2zUldXDKkJtt5o+WQKZRv4St9DBb/vUgiU81gXay68Jp2VIYeuUpeCa WjYR1XI7pC8ml4F0YbzQXBIz1o6ZX5KfFcJOPXZPB5OTx4CXqd+qiSUIRVXaZOZm 8VFftqGBIdJiV0Gf/JgWtuGbY/cZnCKl2cV2e8CQejN10EPG4wNBaEftyUps17T9 u/whO8QQZiwMDc4KzQsqa6edsBOZ8CMcQsJcl+bJg1t4Rm9MO4HsTuvzM0LHRZtM GKAsq8lryHwjdhbIdLhphjz38tA19JUUHm0Rr7WQMeFxaRT/p8glculnxE2fkLeZ sGuBu6uDIXH36eXBm2vX26XVQn2A2e+XZdbiW6FMiE0mKWu06ynFSQGVUgJBV2Q2 eoudGz3bT/L0qrZocv9PIuojftW8qVmUJeOZVK8sMGL7caFhTWmYlpMuFPI0U2MZ w0gQ9xAHuyebU3uuy0xsOTL7BshNDvWXDAmb3Oie1HKhTj2+b4LttOklBuDUSXRk uTwWopwc57zJNRSdlAzlzCshTJJhhGFN/JKcXjaIzrEXEQ7IDgefD5ht+KMEgni7 VlkEfl3i15zO3UDFXjUnoBAnMfHPLIS0ofz9bM7dvZyA1HMiH/Mh8iGThaJqEHHs cm45kH3X15THIw== =ThSF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zqyeodljvg72wwdr--
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