On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 10:18:11AM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > On Thu, 2022-07-14 at 19:59 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > > > > From man:machine-id(5): > > > > > > +--- > > > > The machine ID is usually generated from a random source during > > > > system installation or first boot and stays constant for all > > > > subsequent boots. Optionally, for stateless systems, it is generated > > > > during runtime during early boot if necessary. > > > +--- > > > > > > That looks like it fulfills what I guess popcon needs. > > > > Almost. Is it possible to detect stateless system so that they do not > > report to popcon? > > Does popcon detect such systems currently? I don't think anything > changes for such systems with the proposed change? > > I'm not sure how one would reliably detect such systems; after all > depending on ones definition any VM in a cloud may be such a system > (depending on how it is used).
The paragraph you quote says 'optionally', so maybe it is possible to know whether this option is in effect ? Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
